aspiring
adjective
[ əˈspʌɪərɪŋ ]
• directing one's hopes or ambitions towards becoming a specified type of person.
• "an aspiring artist"
aspire
verb
• direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something.
• "we never thought that we might aspire to those heights"
Similar:
desire (to),
aim for/to,
hope for/to,
long for/to,
yearn for/to,
hanker after/for/to,
set one's heart on,
wish for/to,
want (to),
expect (to),
have the objective of,
dream of,
hunger for/to,
seek (to),
pursue,
have as one's goal/aim,
set one's sights on,
be ambitious,
thirst for/after,
be desirous of,
would-be,
intending,
aspirant,
hopeful,
optimistic,
budding,
wishful,
potential,
possible,
prospective,
likely,
future,
ambitious,
eager,
keen,
striving,
determined,
enterprising,
pioneering,
progressive,
motivated,
driven,
enthusiastic,
energetic,
zealous,
committed,
go-ahead,
go-getting,
purposeful,
wannabe,
on the make,
expectant,
• rise high; tower.
• "above the domes of loftiest mosques these pinnacles aspire"
Origin:
late Middle English: from French aspirer or Latin aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’.
