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| Main Entry: | goal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose of an action |
| Synonyms: | ambition, design, destination, duty, end, intent, intention, limit, mark, mission, object, objective, target, use, zero*, ground zero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | longing; dream |
| Synonyms: | Utopia, achievement, ambition, anticipation, aspiration, assumption, belief, bright side, buoyancy, castles in air, concern, confidence, daydream, dependence, desire, endurance, expectancy, expectation, faith, fancy, fool's paradise, fortune, gain, goal, greedy glutton, hopefulness, light at end of tunnel, optimism, pipe dream*, promise, promised land*, prospect, reliance, reverie, reward, rosiness, sanguineness, security, stock, thing with feathers, wish |
| Antonyms: | despair, disbelief, discouragement, hopelessness, pessimism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ideal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | model |
| Synonyms: | archetype, criterion, epitome, example, exemplar, goal, idol, jewel, last word*, mirror, nonesuch, nonpareil, paradigm, paragon, pattern, perfection, prototype, standard |
| Notes: | ideal means conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; idealistic means of or pertaining to idealists or their theories, pursuing perfection |
| Antonyms: | error, flaw, imperfection, problem, wrong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intent/intention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose |
| Synonyms: | animus, bottom line*, design, desire, drift, end, goal, heart, hope, idea, import, meaning, meat*, name of the game*, nature, notion, nub, nuts and bolts*, object, objective, plan, point, project, purport, scheme, score, sense, significance, target, understanding, volition, will, wish, acceptation, conation, intendment, significancy, signification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's task, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | aim, assignment, business, calling, charge, commission, duty, end, errand, goal, job, lifework, object, objective, office, operation, profession, purpose, pursuit, quest, sortie, trade, trust, undertaking, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | premeditation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention |
| Synonyms: | aim, design, goal, intent, plan, plot, purpose |
| Main Entry: | end zone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scoring area |
| Synonyms: | goal, crossbar, end line, goal line, goalpost |
| Main Entry: | finish line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line where race ends |
| Synonyms: | destination, finishing line, goal, journey's end, last stop, resting place, stopping place, tape, wire |
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, job |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, behavior, business, charge, concern, duty, employment, exercise, faculty, goal, mark, mission, object, objective, occupation, office, operation, part, post, power, province, purpose, raison d'être, responsibility, role, service, situation, target, task, use, utility, work |
| Main Entry: | limit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greatest extent |
| Synonyms: | absolute, bitter end, border, bottom line*, bound, breaking point*, brim, brink, cap, ceiling, check, conclusion, confinement, confines, curb, deadline, destination, edge, end, extremity, far out, fence, finality, goal, limitation, margin, maximum, obstruction, restraint, restriction, rim, termination, ultimate, utmost, verge, bourne, circumscription, cutoff point, end point, farthest point, farthest reach, the max, the most, tops |
| Antonyms: | infinity, limitlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purpose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention, meaning, aim |
| Synonyms: | ambition, animus, aspiration, big idea, bourn, calculation, design, desire, destination, determination, direction, dream, drift, end, expectation, function, goal, hope, idea, intendment, intent, mecca, mission, object, objective, plan, point, premeditation, principle, project, proposal, proposition, prospect, reason, resolve, scheme, scope, target, ulterior motive, view, whatfor, where one's headed, whole idea, why and wherefore, whyfor, will, wish |
| Main Entry: | touchdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | a goal in football |
| Synonyms: | goal, score, six points |
| 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: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief; undertaking for belief |
| Synonyms: | attempt, conviction, creed, enterprise, faith, goal, ideal, intention, movement, object, objective, plan, purpose, principles |
| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention, aim |
| Synonyms: | animus, design, end, goal, idea, intent, interest, object, plan, point, purpose, trend |
| Main Entry: | object |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | purpose, use |
| Synonyms: | aim, design, duty, end, function, goal, idea, intent, intention, mark, mission, motive, objective, point, reason, target, view, wish, end in view, end purpose |
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention, aim |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, argument, basis, cause, consideration, design, end, goal, grounds, idea, impetus, incentive, inducement, motivation, motive, object, occasion, proof, purpose, rationale, root, spring, target, warrant, wherefore*, why, determinant, ulterior motive, why and wherefore, whyfor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | design |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention |
| Synonyms: | action, aim, angle, animus, big picture*, brainchild, child*, conation, conspiracy, deliberation, end, enterprise, game plan*, gimmick, goal, intendment, intrigue, lay of the land, machination, meaning, notion, object, objective, picture, pitch, plan, play, plot, point, project, proposition, purport, purpose, recipe, reflection, scenario, scene, schema, scheme, setup, story, target, thinking, thought, trick, undertaking, view, volition, what's cooking, will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention, aim |
| Synonyms: | aspiration, design, drift, goal, intent, mark, object, objective, point, purpose, reason, where one's heading |
| Antonyms: | means |
| Main Entry: | purpose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | use |
| Synonyms: | advantage, avail, benefit, duty, effect, function, gain, goal, good, mark, mission, object, objective, outcome, profit, result, return, target, utility |
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