aspiring

1. 1.

   desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

   Synonymsaspirantwishful

   Similarambitious

Questions about aspiring

What does aspiring mean?

aspiring means "desiring or striving for recognition or advancement".

How many syllables are in aspiring?

aspiring has 3 syllables: a-spi-ring. The stress falls on "spi". In IPA it is /əˈspaɪɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for aspiring?

Close synonyms include aspirant, wishful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aspiring a common word?

aspiring is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with aspiring?

2 words rhyme with aspiring. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.