Meanings
adjectiveaspirational (comparative more aspirational, superlative most aspirational)
comparative more aspirational · superlative most aspirational
- Being ambitious.
In the nineteen-fifties, the height of aspirational style was fine French furniture—F.F.F., as it became known in certain precincts of Fifth Avenue and Palm Beach.
2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2022 - lawExpressing a hope or intention but not creating a legally binding obligation.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Englishaspire
- Englishaspiration
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishaspirational
From aspiration + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish ambitny, ambitny
- ambitnybeing ambitious
- ambitnydesiring success
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APA
aspirational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirational
MLA
“aspirational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirational. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aspirational,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirational.
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