ambitious vs go-ahead

ambitious

adj
  • Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction. 

  • Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition 

  • Very desirous 

  • Hard to achieve. 

go-ahead

adj
  • Progressive; exerting leadership. 

  • Being a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game. 

  • Dashing; energetic. 

noun
  • Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed. 

How often have the words ambitious and go-ahead occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )