Synonyms for ASPIRE
- make a pass at,
- is located,
- watching for,
- soar,
- rest assured,
- pour on,
- pine for,
- want,
- feel a need,
- have a shot,
- endeavour,
- straightens up,
- sat up,
- assume,
- chipped away at,
- attain,
- strive for,
- desire,
- gain,
- have a go,
- work for,
- aim at,
- jack up,
- direct,
- pray for,
- sweating out,
- aim,
- have eyes for,
- apply,
- fating,
- pile out,
- undertake,
- goosing,
- fly,
- strife,
- incline toward,
- Uprear,
- itch for,
- working toward,
- train,
- Hungered,
- exert oneself,
- worship,
- mean,
- hike up,
- depended on,
- crave,
- drive for,
- watched for,
- Endeavoring,
- be situated,
- set one's heart on,
- jump at,
- anticipate,
- yens,
- Winging,
- make a bid,
- be sure of,
- go for broke,
- knock wood,
- be erect,
- roll out,
- become airborne,
- make up one's mind,
- Targeted,
- activity,
- Hefted,
- consider,
- goosed,
- be after,
- petition,
- do with,
- go up,
- be ambitious,
- enterprise,
- have a stab,
- shoot up,
- count upon,
- try,
- venture,
- long for,
- set out,
- set one's sights on,
- go uphill,
- upheaved,
- spoiling for,
- slope upwards,
- be located,
- put oneself out,
- have foundation,
- rising up,
- essay,
- upheave,
- rely on,
- is situated,
- Thirsted,
- await,
- promise oneself,
- make a run at,
- expect,
- plane,
- lift,
- could do with,
- trust,
- spire,
- Hefting,
- aspirate,
- hefts,
- humble oneself,
- humped,
- lust after,
- calculate,
- rely upon,
- ache,
- reach for the stars,
- aspire to,
- peg away,
- draw a bead on,
- rely,
- pour it on,
- straightened up,
- foresee,
- get,
- wish,
- kite,
- resolve,
- go all out,
- inclining toward,
- stood up,
- take pains,
- think to,
- earn,
- have faith,
- struggle,
- bubble up,
- plan,
- vie for,
- destine,
- chip away at,
- hang,
- have a swing at,
- feel confident,
- bad for,
- thirst after,
- look for,
- dreams of,
- sweep upward,
- upheaving,
- do one's best,
- depend on,
- take aim,
- sweat it out,
- arise,
- live for,
- have an urge for,
- woo,
- sweat it,
- stand up,
- strive,
- dreamed of,
- search,
- claim,
- catch at,
- look at sunny side,
- contemplate,
- be greedy,
- fancy,
- think,
- confide,
- attempt,
- pant,
- make up mind,
- drive,
- propose,
- long,
- straighten up,
- take off,
- get out of bed,
- shoot for,
- going all out,
- watch for,
- covet,
- knock on wood,
- burn,
- deem likely,
- will,
- yearn,
- clamor,
- rise up,
- make an effort,
- rise,
- zero on,
- yearn for,
- take heart,
- Hungering,
- hunt,
- rocket,
- rises up,
- Desiderate,
- going for broke,
- suspires,
- suspiring,
- pursue,
- dreamt of,
- aim high,
- dreaming of,
- wanting,
- endeavor,
- languish for,
- aspiring,
- have a mind to,
- bid,
- ascend,
- sweat out,
- stalk,
- start,
- have a yen for,
- pants,
- project,
- bend the knee,
- count on,
- bob up,
- rose,
- look forward to,
- jump up,
- become,
- believe,
- have every intention,
- have your heart set on (doing) something,
- reach up,
- level at,
- panting,
- hope for,
- Suspired,
- make an attempt,
- work toward,
- grasp at,
- bid for,
- spiral,
- suspire,
- go after,
- having faith,
- lust,
- set heart on,
- Hoped,
- prostrate oneself,
- quest,
- make effort,
- dream of,
- track,
- mount,
- sit up,
- poise,
- standing up,
- seek,
- purport,
- revere,
- harry,
- cry for,
- follow,
- have a crack,
- aspire after,
- lift a finger,
- zero in on,
- sigh for,
- shooting up,
- hang in,
- zoom,
- have a whack,
- hanker after,
- get steeper,
- be at,
- take,
- desiderates,
- raise high,
- thirst for,
- tail,
- hanker,
- have a passion for,
- wait,
- moved up,
- tend,
- bank on,
- go into orbit,
- determine,
- heft,
- float,
- hope,
- compete,
- hope against hope,
- go for,
- kneel,
- rolled out,
- design,
- looking forward to,
- have in view,
- levels,
- itching for,
- intend,
- spoil for,
- sleuth,
- hover,
- pant after,
- shot up,
- do service,
- trail,
- hunger after,
- setting out,
- move up,
- push up,
- wish for,
- meditate,
- bear aloft,
- goose,
- get to one's feet,
- wanted,
- acquire,
- knock oneself out,
- gooses,
- drive at,
- dream,
- chase,
- hunger,
- inclined toward,
- presume,
- keep fingers crossed,
- aspire,
- dog,
- pay homage,
- stick out for,
- had a go,
- have a shot at,
- uprise,
- making up one's mind,
- targeting,
- claw skyward,
- have ambition,
- vault,
- Soared,
- fall down,
- place,
- purpose,
- be eager,
- accept,
- adore.
Usage Examples for ASPIRE
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It demands in those who aspire to teach, a sincere love of children and an earnest devotion to duties which bring much pleasure when well performed, and it demands besides that they be willing to give up sufficient time and labor to become thoroughly instructed in the principles, and sufficiently practised in the use, of a machinery which, while beautifully simple in idea, is complicated in detail. - "Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School" by Elizabeth P. Peabody
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Dr. Whewell and myself have already taken steps to introduce it into the course of our studies at Cambridge, and I have little doubt that it will immediately become an essential work to those of our students who aspire to the highest places in our examinations. - "Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville" by Mary Somerville
