Reverse Dictionary: AMBITION

ADJECTIVES
1534 AFFECTIONED ambitious, eager; zealous → obs.
1598 AFFECTIONATE ambitious, eager, earnest → obs.
1610 HIGH-SIGHTED ambitious, supercilious, arrogant 
..19C — BRICKLE ambitious, industrious → Amer.
..19C — PAUGHTY ambitious → Eng. dial.
1822 ETTLING ambitious, pushing, striving → Sc.
1823 ABOVE ONESELF overly ambitious, arrogant, conceited, self-important, presumptuous 
1898 AIMSOME ambitious, speculative → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1916 PUSH-AND-GO ambitious, enterprising, determined 
1921 GO-GETTING ambitious → orig. US
1942 GUMPTIOUS ambitious, energetic, enterprising, eager → Amer. dial.
1980 WANABE → WANNABE ambitious, aspirant → sl.


NOUNS
1600 AMBITIOSITY ambition; a being ambitious → obs.
1825 YATTLE ambition, force, willpower → Sc. obs.
1862 GUMPTION ambition, initiative; tenacity → Amer. dial.
1885 PUSH-AND-GO ambition, drive; a being able to develop and carry out a scheme energetically; enterprise, initiative → orig. US
1897 AMBISH aggressive ambition or enthusiasm → Amer. sl.


NOUNS, PERSON
1600 HIGH-FLYER a person who has high ambitions and aims; a person with an aspirational outlook 
1625 AMBITIONIST an excessively ambitious person 
1833 CLIMBER an ambitious person → sl.
1887 SKY-FLYER an ambitious person 
1893 WORLD-BEATER an ambitious and aggressive person → Amer. sl.
1910 GO-GETTER an ambitious or enterprising person → sl., orig. US
1929 YOUNG GUN an ambitious or assertive young person, esp. within a particular organization or institution → colloq.
1950 MOVER an ambitious and successful person, both socially and with the opposite sex → sl.
1951 HARD CHARGER an ambitious, energetic, and enterprising person; a go-getter → orig. US military usage
1957 BIG SWINGING DICK → SWINGING DICK am ambitious,  successful, arrogant, or aggressively bold man → sl.
1974 MOVER AND SHAKER an ambitious and successful person, both socially and with the opposite sex → sl.
1975 GETTER an ambitious or enterprising person; a determined person, one likely to succeed → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1981 WANABE → WANNABE an ambitious person; someone who wants to be something or someone → Amer. sl.
1986 FAST-BURNER an ambitious, energetic person → Amer. military usage
1988 GONNABE an ambitious person who has a realistic chance of achieving the goal → US sl.
2000 MOVER AND GROOVER an ambitious and successful person, both socially and with the opposite sex → sl.
2006 BALL OF FIRE an ambitious, energetic person → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 FIREBALL an ambitious, energetic person → US sl. (Bk.)


VERBS
1175 LOOK ALOFT to be ambitious, to aspire → obs.
1600 AMBITIONIZE to make ambitious, to motivate → obs.
1795 HAVE A SOUL ABOVE BUTTONS to have ambitions or aspirations beyond what is expected or usual for someone born into a manual trade or occupation, or of low social status; to be intellectually or culturally elevated → obs.
1855 LEVEL AT THE MOON to be very ambitious (Bk.)
1878 BITE OFF MORE THAN ONE CAN CHEW to be too ambitious, to undertake too much → orig. US
1902 AMBISH to be ambitious → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1927 FEEL ONE’S KEEPING to feel ambitious, confident; to be in good health and spirits → Amer. dial.
1966 FEEL ONE’S KEEP to feel ambitious, confident; to be in good health and spirits → Amer. dial.