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.

Aspiring — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
Synonymsaspirant wishful
Similarambitious

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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.

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