| Main Entry: | objective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, impartial |
Synonyms: |
cold, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, evenhanded, impersonal, judicial, just, like it is, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, open-minded*, straight, strictly business, unbiased, uncolored, unemotional, uninvolved, unprejudiced, unprepossessed |
Antonyms: |
partial, prejudiced, subjective, unfair |
| Main Entry: | objective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, goal |
Synonyms: |
ambition, aspiration, design, end, end in view, ground zero, intention, mark, mission, object, purpose, target, zero* |
| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal |
Synonyms: |
ambition, aspiration, course, desideratum, design, desire, direction, end, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, scheme, target, where one is heading, wish |
Antonyms: |
aimlessness, avoidance, neglect, purposelessness, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | ambition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something desired |
Synonyms: |
aim, aspiration, desire, dream, end, enterprise, goal, hope, intent, mark, objective, purpose, target, wish |
| Main Entry: | aspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, hope |
Synonyms: |
aim, ambition, ambitiousness, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, fire in the belly, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning |
| Main Entry: | candid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, bluff, blunt, equal, equitable, fair, forthright, frank, free, frontal, genuine, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, just, objective, open, outspoken, plain, right up front, scrupulous, sincere, straightforward, talking turkey, telling it like it is, truthful, unbiased, uncolored, unequivocal, unprejudiced, unpretended, up front, upright |
Antonyms: |
artful, deceitful, devious, lying, tricky |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief; undertaking for belief |
Synonyms: |
attempt, conviction, creed, enterprise, faith, goal, ideal, intention, movement, object, objective, plan, principles, purpose |
| Main Entry: | clinical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dispassionate |
Synonyms: |
analytic, antiseptic, cold, detached, disinterested, emotionless, impersonal, objective, scientific, unemotional |
Antonyms: |
feeling, passionate, subjective |
| Main Entry: | concrete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | actual, factual |
Synonyms: |
accurate, corporeal, definite, detailed, explicit, material, objective, particular, precise, real, sensible, solid, specific, substantial, tangible |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
Antonyms: |
abstract, ideal, immaterial, intangible |
| Main Entry: | corporal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bodily, physical |
Synonyms: |
anatomical, carnal, corporeal, fleshly, fleshy, gross, human, material, objective, phenomenal, sensible, somatic, substantial, tangible |
Antonyms: |
cerebral, immaterial, intangible, mental, spiritual |