Aspirant

Definition: Aspirant

Aspirant

Adjective

1. Seeking advancement or recognition.

2. Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement.

Noun

1. An ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes".

Date "aspirant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references)

Synonyms: Aspirant

Synonyms: aspiring(a) (adj), aspiring(p) (adj), wishful (adj), would-be(a) (adj), aspirer (n), hopeful (n), wannabe (n), wannabee (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Desire	Lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant; cormorant.
Government	Politician, activist; candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal.
Petitioner	Noun: petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant, supplicant; suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder; place hunter, pot hunter; prizer; seeker.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Aspirant

Specialty definitions using "aspirant": Dog ♦ IMPOSTOR ♦ Protozo'a. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Aspirant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (graduate, graduate student), Dutch (candidate), French (applicant, aspirant, candidate, midshipman), German (aspirant, candidate, research assistant), Romanian (aspirant, graduate, midshipman, post-graduate), Serbo-Croatian (aspirant, candidate), Swedish (aspirant, candidate, postulant, trainee).

Domain	Title
Books	Pushing the Limits: The Female Administrative Aspirant (Suny Series in Educational Leadership) (reference) Venerable Balagoda Ananda Maitreya, the Buddha aspirant (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Aspirant Sunrise (reference) Aspirant Sunset (reference) Aspirant Sunshadows [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Human malignant osteosarcoma (bone cancer) cells taken by aspirant from a leg mass. Pap stain and magnified to 400x. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. This Divine Being in some of his smaller and silkier incarnations takes, in the affection of Woman, the place to which there is no human male aspirant. The Dog is a survival -- an anachronism. He toils not, neither does he spin, yet Solomon in all his glory never lay upon a door-mat all day long, sun-soaked and fly-fed and fat, while his master worked for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Aspirant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 51.72% of the time. "Aspirant" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	51.72%	15	90,616
Noun (singular)	41.38%	12	101,599
Noun (proper)	6.9%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	29	N/A

Expression using "aspirant": aspirant officer. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "aspirant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		aspirues, synues. (various references)

Arabic		‏طموح (ambition, ambitious, aspiration, careerist, fly high, goal, pretension, pretentious, pretentiousness), ‏الطماح. (various references)

Bulgarian		честолюбив (ambitious), който се домогва, кандидат (applicant, candidate, suitor). (various references)

Chinese		追求者 (Pursuer). (various references)

Czech		uchazeè (applicant, contender, entrant, pretended). (various references)

Danish		kaptajnsaspirant (aspirant master). (various references)

Dutch		aspirant kapitein (aspirant master). (various references)

Finnish		pyrkijä (candidate), kokelas (candidate), hakija (applicant, candidate). (various references)

French		aspirant. (various references)

German		Kandidat (applicant, candidate, contestant, examinee, nominee), Anwärter (aspirants, candidate, candidates, contender, heir, pretender). (various references)

Greek		υποψήφιοσ (candidate, nominee, postulant, prospective), φιλόδοξων. (various references)

Hebrew		שואף ל�"יות (would be), �"ולך ב�'�"ולות. (various references)

Hungarian		pályázó (applicant, candidate, competitor, postulant), törekvő (ambitious, aspiring, back, striving), folyamodó (appellant, petitionary, petitioner, suppliant, supplicant). (various references)

Indonesian		aspiran (candidate), calon (applicant, candidate, designate, postulant, prospective, recruit). (various references)

Italian		candidato (applicant, cadidate, candidate, examinee, nominee). (various references)

Korean		지망자. (various references)

Manx		trooder (envier, grudger). (various references)

Pig Latin		aspirantay

Portuguese		aspirante, pretendente (applicant, pretender, prospect, suitor, swain, wooer). (various references)

Romanian		aspirant (graduate, midshipman, post-graduate), care aspirã, candidat (applicant, candidate, entrant, expectant, nominee, postulant, probable, probationer). (various references)

Russian		претендент (applicant, challenger, claimant, contender, pretender). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		aspirant (candidate), s aspiracijom, pretendent (pretender). (various references)

Spanish		candidato (applicant, cadidate, candidate, hopeful, nominee), aspirante (applicant, candidate, candidature, hopeful, retractile, would be). (various references)

Swedish		aspirant (candidate, postulant, trainee), som eftersträvar, kandidat (bachelor, candidate, nominee). (various references)

Thai		ผู้ที่มีความปรารถนา. (various references)

Turkish		aday (applicant, cadet, candidate, contestant, entrant, nominee, postulant, remainderman), talip (claimant, pretender, suitor), istekli (agog, ambitious, anxious, applicant, athirst for, cheerful, covetous, dead set, desirous, devout, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, forward, full of zeal, hellbent, inclinable, inclined, intense, intent, itching, itchy, keen, minded, ready, solicitous, strong, thirsty, voracious, willing, wishful, wistful). (various references)

Ukrainian		кандидат (applicant, candidate, entrant), претендент (applicant, challenger, claimant, contender, pretendant). (various references)

Vietnamese		rắp ranh, mong nỏi, khao khát (avid, keen-set, thirsty). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	candidatos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "aspirant": aspirants. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Aspirant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aparant, Asperen, aspirat, asspirant, Azparrent, estivant. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "aspirant" (pronounced a"sperunt or uspī"runt)
5	-p er u n t	operant.
4	-er u n t	accelerant, afferent, belligerent, cormorant, deodorant, different, efferent, expectorant, exuberant, ignorant, intolerant, irreverent, itinerant, odorant, refrigerant, reverent, tolerant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irritant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
5	-ī" r u n t	tyrant.
4	-r u n t	aberrant, abhorrent, adherent, apparent, arrant, celebrant, coherent, Courant, declarant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, immigrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, migrant, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, transparent, vagrant, vibrant, warrant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, ascendant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: partisan.
	Words within the letters "a-a-i-n-p-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: antiars, artisan, parians, partans, pastina, patinas, pinatas, piranas, spartan, spirant, taipans, tarpans, trapans, tsarina.
	-2 letters: antiar, arista, instar, nairas, paints, paisan, parian, partan, patina, patins, pinata, pintas, pirana, prints, ptisan, rapist, ratans, riatas, santir, satrap, sprain, sprint, strain, taipan, tapirs, tarpan, tarsia, tiaras, trains, trapan.
	-3 letters: airns, airts, antas, antis, antra, apart, apian.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-i-n-p-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: aspirants, cantraips, partisans, partizans.
	+2 letters: appertains, asperating, aspirating, aspiration, bipartisan, parathions, partisanly, patricians, ptarmigans, separating, separation, tarpaulins.
	+3 letters: antiphrases, antiphrasis, apparitions, artisanship, aspirations, ceratopsian, greasepaint, nonpartisan, pageantries, pancratiums, pancreatins, parliaments, paternalism, paternalist, peasantries, planarities, postcranial, praetorians, reparations, separations, transalpine, unaspirated.
	+4 letters: anticipators, antipiracies, antipleasure, appraisement, approbations, artisanships, aspirational, ceratopsians, depravations, emancipators, endoparasite, evaporations, exasperating, exasperation, greasepaints, impartations, manipulators, naprapathies, nonparasitic, nonpartisans, pancreatitis, pantisocracy, parasitising, parasitizing, paronomastic, participants, partisanship, paternalisms, paternalists, planetariums, plantigrades, pleasantries, postprandial, preparations, profanations, proletarians, propagandist, propagations, straphanging, transpacific, transshaping, trepanations, watermanship.
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