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 Academic success and preparing students for their future is always top-of-mind, Folk said when asked about his goals for the school. — Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 The deployment has demonstrated how battery trains can support decarbonization goals while maintaining reliable passenger operations. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026 For decades, too many of Florida’s brightest young people left the state to chase goals like these. — Michael Simas, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 But the two goals quietly work against each other, and nobody owns the friction. — Monte Wyatt, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Artturi Lehkonen had two goals, Brock Nelson had a goal and two assist and Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves for Colorado, which scored four times on the power play and allowed two shorthanded goals. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Standout features The free version includes a custom budget, manual expense tracking and a savings-goals tracker. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 Those goals were incentivized by the government at a tax level, at a regulation level, and then companies responded and tried to sort of lead the consumer towards it. — Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026 Player of the Week Junior forward Ethan Hamer scores two goals for Mount Carmel in a 6-1 win over Brother Rice and picks up two more goals and an assist in an 8-0 victory over Yorkville Christian. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Engineers will be able to give the system objectives involving power, performance and area (PPA), timing or verification.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Greater value comes from explaining what the information means, connecting it to the client’s objectives and helping determine what comes next.

— Bas Kniphorst, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of objectives

Noun

Among his tremendous body of work, Wright designed residences more than any other building type, and though some have been converted into house museums or used for other purposes, the vast majority remain private homes.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
Subscription rights, usage charges, licensing and referral arrangements serve different purposes.

— Rishi Katdare, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of purposes

Noun

Construction originally began back in 2006 as part of Qatar's ambitious plans to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
That's according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly and cautioned the plans could shift.

— NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of plans

Noun

Naomi’s work clashes with both men’s professional aims, of course, but the real power of the story lies in its last third, which is set two and a half decades into the future and provides an unusual vision of climate change.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
My aims are to improve our quality of life on everything from affordability to traffic to public safety; to restore fiscal sanity to our public finances; and to end the brazen self-dealing that has become business as usual in local government.

— Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of aims

Noun

And Jeremy is the handsome cipher, the seemingly long-suffering dreamboat of a husband who may or may not be harboring more ominous intentions.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
These consumer intentions were revealed as the retail industry readies for a holiday shopping season marked by more intense holiday promotions as shoppers seek discounts as a way to offset inflationary prices.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of intentions

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Kushner has also openly talked of using Affinity and its stake in Phoenix to blur commercial and political ambitions in the Middle East.

— Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
However, Ocasio-Cortez’s left-wing policies on the oil industry will hurt her presidential ambitions in states such as Pennsylvania, Concha said.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambitions

Noun

The proposition is to connect China’s factories with its creator economy; Black Lake’s agents bridge the gap by converting ideas into designs, a 3D simulation, and industrial data sent to a factory.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
When looking for best ideas for the fourth quarter nothing jumped off the charts to me — literally — like bitcoin .

— Jay Woods, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ideas

Noun

Sea turtles now nest on the secluded sandy beach that’s for all intents and purposes private, save for villagers occasionally visiting the small oceanfront temple for ceremonies.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
For all intents and purposes, my genetic disorder is a breeze to deal with.

— Megan Mostyn-Brown, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026

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