GOALS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

goals

noun

plural of goal

as in objectives

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish leaving the world a better place than I found it is one of my main goals

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Recent Examples of goals The Moon enters Sagittarius and your 11th House of Friends, Groups, and Future Plans, making teamwork, invitations, and shared goals more active. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026 The 30-year-old surrendered 12 goals in his first four outings. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 In a May 2017 team video on Instagram, Reales Dominguez described his goals for the team that season — winning the district championship and getting an invitation to the state tournament. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Santos played an instrumental role in Vasco’s promotion to the Brazilian top flight in the 2022 season, starting 33 of their 38 games and scoring eight goals. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Through six games in August, Miami has given up 15 goals, and defensive lapses hurt the team again against Philadelphia. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 Your goals can hold more joy with the right adjustment. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026 Semenyo had already completed a prolific season in England’s Premier League, scoring 17 league goals to take over boyhood idol Tony Yeboah’s long-standing record for most scored by a Ghanaian in a single season. — Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

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Noun

That throws up a juxtaposition whereby clubs have to balance competing objectives.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
To prepare, Galinskaya has clients fill out pre-meeting questionnaires, which are kept confidential, about their objectives and concerns.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of objectives

Noun

But by funding facilities and administrative costs normally borne by the schools, states are freeing universities to use their own dollars for other purposes.

— David A. Lieb, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
The number of satellites in orbit now is around 18,000, but it’s expected to reach 100,000 in 2030, driven sharply by the growth of LEO networks for communications and other purposes.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of purposes

Noun

In December, Australia became the first country to ban social media for kids under 16, and countries including Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Indonesia have since enacted or approved similar plans.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Several Kansas City community leaders are calling for residents to have a meaningful role in selecting the city’s next police chief, weeks after Stacey Graves announced plans to retire next year.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of plans

Noun

Moving away from a retrospective punishment mechanism appealed to Portsmouth too, as did the shift to a focus on liquidity, something which meshes with the aims of the independent football regulator, which recently came into operation in England.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Vance’s comments also seemed to suggest that the administration was more acutely focused on the economic impact of the war than the original aims of the war itself.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of aims

Noun

There is no control tower at the field, so pilots communicate their intentions on a common radio frequency, an arrangement common at small airports.

— Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Good intentions can become intentional malice when policymakers ignore clear warnings and leave taxpayers stuck with the bill.

— Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of intentions

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To that, Deadline reached out to both the campaigns of Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra for comment on both the efforts to undo the tax credits cap and the ambitions for a post-comprehensive production credit.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
While Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood ambitions were said to be a key reason behind their original move to California, Archewell Productions and its deal with Netflix has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of ambitions

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But ProPublica and The Post found that Richardson was, for all intents and purposes, still in charge of the club, a violation of his suspension.

— Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 20 Aug. 2026
Nearly every customer relationship, operational workflow, escalation path and commercial outcome emerges from one of these two conversational intents.

— Naresh Prajapati, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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