Synonyms of aimed

aimed

verb

past tense of aim

1

as in directed

to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal

the new accounting system is aimed at reducing costs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• directed
• focused
• headed
• cast
• held
• set
• trained
• concentrated
• bent
• steered
• leveled
• pinpointed
• bore
• oriented
• inclined
• faced
• sighted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diverted
• deflected
• averted
• curved
• shunted
• sidetracked
• detoured
• rechanneled

2

as in intended

to have in mind as a purpose or goal

aimed to have his paper all done in time to go to the movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intended
• planned
• meant
• designed
• hoped
• tried
• went
• looked
• proposed
• contemplated
• wished
• calculated
• attempted
• allowed
• aspired
• purposed
• purported
• considered
• meditated
• figured on
• dreamed
• struggled
• endeavored
• plotted
• debated
• achieved
• performed
• accomplished
• strove
• pondered
• executed
• effected
• mulled (over)
• schemed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aimed

Guard units are also serving across Africa and regularly participate in major exercises in the Pacific aimed at preparing for a potential conflict with China. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

The backlash is usually predictable, every wave of visible mobility aid use brings accusations of exaggeration and attention-seeking, aimed almost entirely at young women. — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Trump spearheaded the creation of Freedom 250, the private-public partnership aimed at marking the semiquincentennial. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026

In the post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era, this thinking went, Congress had gone too far in constraining the executive branch with presumptuous reforms that aimed to secure greater accountability and transparency from the White House. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Multiple vehicles, one platform The concept is aimed at building a more predictable logistics system for commercial activity in low Earth orbit. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Rogers has released a video message aimed at appealing to Democrats who feel their party may be moving too far to the left with El-Sayed. — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

In the years since the Great Recession, many of Atlanta’s intown neighborhoods have been transformed by a building boom aimed at keeping up with the city’s growing population. — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

That same year, Wolfram set out on an ambitious new direction in science aimed at understanding the origins of complexity in nature. — Big Think, 4 Aug. 2026