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  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  aim
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  tendentious
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  aim
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  ambition, aspiration, bent, cause, course, design, destination, direction, end, fate, goal, grounds, ideal, incentive, intendment, object, philosophy, plot, purpose, significance, will, wish
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  aim
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something.
Synonyms:  cast, direct, head, level, point, set, train, turn, zero in
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  aim
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To strive toward a goal.
Synonyms:  aspire, seek
Idioms:  set one's sights on
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  aim
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  address, ambition, aspire, attempt, bent, course, covet, design, desire, destination, determine, direct, dream, essay, goal, hope, intend, intent, intention, level, long, objective, pine, plan, plot, point, purpose, seek, sight, strive, target, thirst, want, wish, yearn
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  intend
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To have in mind as a goal or purpose.
Synonyms:  contemplate, design, mean, plan, project, propose, purpose, target
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  intention
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  What one intends to do or achieve.
Synonyms:  ambition, design, end, goal, intent, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why
Idioms:  end in view, why and wherefore
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  thrust
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse.
Synonyms:  burden, drift, intent, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor

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Cite This Source   Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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