Ambitious
Ambitious adjective - Having a strong desire for personal advancement.
Proactive and ambitious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proactive" instead an adjective "Ambitious".
Nearby Words: ambition, ambitiously
Proactive
Proactive adjective - (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens.
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- Helen, on the other hand - while certainly possessing a ruthless, ambitious streak - comes across as more proactive than Jacks, and while she does try to stop Jack from taking back control of their body, he is doing exactly the same to her.
Source: Unintentionally Sympathetic
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