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Adjective aspiring has 2 senses

aspirant, aspiring, wishful, would-be - seeking advancement or recognition
Antonym: hopeless (indirect, via hopeful)
aspirant, aspiring - desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
Antonyms: unambitious, ambitionless (indirect, via ambitious)

Verb aspire has 1 sense

draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for - have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
--₁ is one way to plan, be after

Derived forms: noun aspiration₂, noun aspiration₁, noun aspirant₁, noun aspirer₁
Sample sentence:
They aspire to move