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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose of an action |
| Synonyms: | ambition, design, destination, duty, end, ground zero, intent, intention, limit, mark, mission, object, objective, target, use, zero* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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
Example Sentences
- How they achieve those goals, what to tax and what to cut, should be no one else's business.
- Setting your mind on a goal may be counterproductive.
- The center's near-term goal is to make cheetahs self-sustaining in captivity.
| 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: | 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: | 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: | ideals |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moral beliefs |
| Synonyms: | ethics, goals, principles, standards, values |
| Main Entry: | intent/intention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, animus, bottom line, conation, design, desire, drift, end, goal, heart, hope, idea, import, intendment, meaning, meat*, name of the game, nature, notion, nub, nuts and bolts, object, objective, plan, point, project, purport, scheme, score, sense, significance, significancy, signification, target, understanding, volition, will, wish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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