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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal |
| Synonyms: | aim, animus, design, designation, drift, end, hope, impulsion, motive, object, objective, plan, point, purpose, struggle |
| Notes: | intent implies a sustained unbroken commitment or purpose, while intention would imply an intermittent resolution or an initial aim or plan |
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| 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
| 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: | angle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal approach, purpose |
| Synonyms: | aim, approach, aspect, direction, hand, intention, outlook, perspective, plan, point of view, position, side, slant, standpoint, viewpoint |
| 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: | concoction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, blend |
| Synonyms: | brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution |
| Main Entry: | contemplation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep thought; planning |
| Synonyms: | ambition, cogitation, consideration, deliberation, design, intention, meditation, musing, plan, pondering, purpose, reflection, reverie, rumination, study |
| Antonyms: | disdain, disregard, neglect, rejection, slight |
| Main Entry: | destination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal; place one wants to go |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, design, end, harbor, haven, intention, journey's end, landing-place, object, objective, purpose, resting-place, station, stop, target, terminal, terminus |
| Antonyms: | beginning, source, start |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, afterlife, break*, breaks, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, wheel of fortune, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = 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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