ambitious+person
51arriviste — /ærəˈvist/ (say aruh veest) noun an ambitious person; social climber or careerist. {French} …
52pusher — /ˈpʊʃə / (say pooshuh) noun 1. someone or something that pushes. 2. a small child s table implement for pushing food on to a spoon. 3. Chiefly Victoria, Tasmania, SA and WA → stroller (def. 3). 4. an aggressively ambitious person. 5. a peddler of …
53arriviste — n. pushful, ambitious person …
54go-getter — Thrustingly ambitious person …
55ball of fire — AND fireball n. an energetic and ambitious person; a go getter. □ That guy is a real ball of fire when it comes to sales. □ I don’t want to hire some young fireball. I need wisdom and thoughtful ness …
56world-beater — n. an aggressive and ambitious person. □ She’s not a world beater, but she’s efficient. □ They hired an alleged world beater to manage the office …
57self-starter — ► NOUN ▪ a self motivated and ambitious person who acts on their own initiative …
58self-starter — n. 1 an electric appliance for starting a motor vehicle engine without the use of a crank. 2 an ambitious person who needs no external motivation …
59high-flyer — highˈ flīˈer or highˈ flyˈer noun 1. A bird that flies high 2. Someone prone to extravagance of opinion or action 3. An ambitious person, or one naturally equipped to reach prominence 4. (with cap; historical) a High Churchman, or, in Scotland,… …
60snatch at — To try to snatch or seize • • • Main Entry: ↑snatch * * * snatch at [phrasal verb] snatch at (something) : to grab or try to grab (something) quickly or eagerly chaotic city streets where thieves snatch at tourists wallets often used figuratively …
