All target synonyms
tarΒ·get
T t noun target
- acceptor β the person or organization on which a draft or bill of exchange is drawn after liability has been accepted, usually by signature
- milestone β a stone functioning as a milepost.
- end β Come or bring to a final point; finish.
- desideratum β something lacked and wanted
- fair play β just and honorable treatment, action, or conduct: The political campaign was notably lacking in fair play.
- ambition β If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
- objective β 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.
- optimum β the best or most favorable point, degree, amount, etc., as of temperature, light, and moisture for the growth or reproduction of an organism.
- deadline β A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- omega β the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ©, Ο).
- aunt sally β a figure of an old woman's head, typically with a clay pipe, used in fairgrounds and fΓͺtes as a target for balls or other objects
- conation β the element in psychological processes that tends towards activity or change and appears as desire, volition, and striving
- hole in one β ace (def 8a).
- addressee β The addressee of a letter or parcel is the person or company that it is addressed to.
- bull's-eye β The bull's-eye is the small circular area at the centre of a target.
- quintain β an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- aspiration β Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- expiry β The end of the period for which something is valid.
- direction β the act or an instance of directing.
- windup β the conclusion of any action, activity, etc.; the end or close.
- casualty β A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- bourn β a destination; goal
- bullseye β the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
- joke β something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- focus β a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- determinant β A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
- design β When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- h-hour β the time, usually unspecified, set for the beginning of a planned attack.
- grantee β the receiver of a grant.
- creditor β Your creditors are the people who you owe money to.
- consignee β a person, agent, organization, etc, to which merchandise is consigned
- home run β Baseball. a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
- jestee β The individual who is the subject of a joke.
- big idea β any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- quarry β an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- laughing stock β object of others' amusement
- cynosure β a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- laughing-stock β Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
- ground zero β the point on the surface of the earth or water directly below, directly above, or at which an atomic or hydrogen bomb explodes.
- assignee β a person to whom some right, interest, or property is transferred
- omphalos β the navel; umbilicus.
- function β the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- goal β the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- intent β something that is intended; purpose; design; intention: The original intent of the committee was to raise funds.
verb target
- move in β an act or instance of moving; movement.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- center β a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- centre β A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.