aspiringadjective
uk/əˈspaɪə.rɪŋ/us/əˈspaɪr.ɪŋ/an aspiring actor, politician, writer, etc.
Examples
- I knew him when he was an aspiring young law student.
- Hollywood is full of aspiring young actors, waiting for their big break into movies.
- Helping out at the animal rescue centre would be good experience for an aspiring vet like you.
- Aspiring writers and poets are always sending in their work, but very little of it gets published.
- Do you have any advice for aspiring young journalists looking for work?
C2 someone who is trying to become a successful actor, politician, writer, etc.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting things
- ache for sth
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- angle
- angle for sth
- aspirant
- burn
- fancy
- finger
- hanker after/for sth
- have your eye on sth idiom
- hunger
- hunger after/for sth
- hungry
- shook
- sight
- sth is calling you idiom
- straw
- tempt
- think big idiom
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