All milestone synonyms
mile·stone
M m noun milestone
- achievement — An achievement is something which someone has succeeded in doing, especially after a lot of effort.
- turning point — a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
- anniversary — An anniversary is a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year.
- breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
- landmark — a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
- occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- sign — a token; indication.
- signpost — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- indicator — a person or thing that indicates.
- mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
- marker — a person or thing that marks.
- event — A thing that happens, esp. one of importance.
- highlight — to emphasize or make prominent.
- high point — a city in central North Carolina.
- target — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- goal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- record — to cause to be set down or registered: to record one's vote.
- aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
- purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- ambition — If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
adjective milestone
- momentous — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- innovative — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- innovatory — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- pioneering — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.
- significant — important; of consequence.