aspiring

About 1.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Hoping to become.

   Aspiring pop stars lined up for hours just to audition.

2. verb present participle and gerund of aspire
3. noun Aspiration.

Similar words

aspirant would-be ambitious hopeful wishful wishing interested seeking prospective potential

Often followed by

to young and for writer writers after mind soul