aspirant, aspiring, wishful
(adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee
(noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person; “a lofty aspirant”; “two executive hopefuls joined the firm”; “the audience was full of Madonna wannabes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aspirant (plural aspirants)
Someone who aspires to high office, etc.
aspirant (comparative more aspirant, superlative most aspirant)
Seeking advancement.
Striving for recognition.
• Partains, partisan, spartina
Source: Wiktionary
As*pir"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. aspirant, p. pr. of aspirer. See Aspire.]
Definition: Aspiring.
As*pir"ant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. aspirant.]
Definition: One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment. In consequence of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
