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goal - 20 thesaurus results
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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