To desire something with eagerness; to seek to attain something difficult or rewarding or high or great (followed by to or after and, sometimes, followed by at); to long for something; to try to reach something; as in the sentence
The new immigrants aspired to learn English.
Related noun: Aspiration,
which means goal.Synonyms for aspire:
aim,
aim
at,
aim
high,
aspire
after,
aspire
to,
bank
on,
be
after,
be
ambitious,
become
airborne,
claw
skyward,
confide,
count
on,
covet,
crave,
crave
after,
crawl
after,
design,
desire,
destine,
determine,
dream
of,
drive
at,
expect,
feel
confident,
float,
fly,
fly
aloft,
gain
altitude,
go
for,
hang,
hanker
after,
harbor
a design,
harbor
the hope,
have
every intention,
hope,
hope
against hope,
hope
and pray,
hope
for,
hope
in,
hope
to God,
hover,
hunger
after,
intend,
kite,
lean
upon,
leave
the ground,
live
in hopes,
long,
lust
after,
mean,
nurture
the hope,
pant,
pant
after,
plan,
plane,
poise,
presume,
project,
propose,
purport,
purpose,
rely
on,
resolve,
rest
assured,
run
mad after,
seek,
soar,
spire,
take
off,
think,
thirst
after,
trust,
try
to reach,
wish,
yearn,
zoom
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