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Noun
▲
An intention for which something is hoped to be accomplished
goal
aim
objective
idea
intent
intention
function
object
plan
point
basis
cause
direction
grounds
impetus
justification
mission
motivation
motive
occasion
ambition
aspiration
hope
reason
target
design
desire
determination
expectation
focus
meaning
principle
project
prospect
rationality
scheme
significance
view
bourn
bourne
dream
end
ideal
premeditation
pretension
proposal
scope
thing
wish
destination
grail
holy grail
Holy Grail
mind
nirvana
plot
terminus
big idea
ulterior motive
whole idea
why and wherefore
whyfor
more ❯
“The purpose of this study is to document the structure of a warm front in northeast Europe.”
Noun
▲
Having a strong commitment to a cause
commitment
resolve
purposefulness
resolution
determination
persistence
dedication
devotion
drive
perseverance
tenacity
backbone
confidence
conviction
enterprise
enthusiasm
initiative
mettle
push
resoluteness
steadfastness
thrust
ardorUS
ardourUK
eagerness
fervency
fervorUS
fervourUK
firmness
gusto
passion
zest
ambitiousness
avidity
constancy
decidedness
decisiveness
faith
fire
incentive
keenness
pertinaciousness
pertinacity
pertinence
spirit
tenaciousness
verve
will
zeal
firmness of purpose
get-up-and-go
single-mindedness
more ❯
“They moved about with great purpose as though a simple turn to the left or to the right might finally take them where they wanted to go.”
Noun
▲
The reason for which something or someone is used or suited for
reason
function
advantage
benefit
goal
good
object
objective
role
outcome
result
raison d'être
utility
avail
behoof
business
capacity
duty
effect
job
merit
part
place
position
task
usefulness
value
work
worth
gain
mission
use
assignment
mark
profit
responsibility
return
target
more ❯
“Our packaging has been designed for the purpose of keeping the contents sterile and reducing cost.”
Noun
▲
A strategy worked out in advance to achieve a goal
plan
method
idea
intention
procedure
deal
strategy
suggestion
proposal
disposition
initiative
proposition
action
angle
approach
course
expedient
formula
maneuverUS
manoeuvreUK
means
measure
plot
ploy
policy
recipe
ruse
shift
tack
tactic
tactics
thought
undertaking
way
wile
animus
arrangement
gimmick
machination
methodology
scenario
submission
contrivance
projection
stratagem
system
treatment
trick
game
pattern
big picture
course of action
game plan
master plan
plan of action
roadmap
action plan
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade
vocation
calling
profession
trade
employment
job
mission
business
career
occupation
work
line
pursuit
function
game
position
craft
niche
lay
métier
office
post
province
racket
role
specialityUK
specialtyUS
sphere
thing
bag
day job
art
do
dodge
duty
field
handicraft
lifework
nine-to-five
undertaking
life work
line of work
walk of life
life's work
line of country
line of business
more ❯
Noun
▲
That to which any person or thing is destined
future
destiny
fate
fortune
doom
calling
prospects
expectations
chances
design
vocation
kismet
lot in life
prospect
likely advancement
likely improvement
likely success
lot
call
circumstance
due
inevitability
portion
expectation
objective
conclusion
predetermination
constellation
finality
happenstance
more ❯
Noun
▲
Morality, generally or collectively
good
dignity
morality
sense
value
virtue
class
excellence
ideal
merit
prerogative
probity
quality
rectitude
right
righteousness
uprightness
worth
benefit
use
utility
advantage
profit
usefulness
gain
avail
service
account
help
assistance
more ❯
Noun
▲
The quality of being pertinent
pertinence
applicability
bearing
relevance
appositeness
relevancy
aptness
connection
materiality
appropriateness
suitability
germaneness
importance
relatedness
congruity
consistency
significance
application
applicableness
function
value
concernment
pertinency
consequence
weight
use
practice
exercise
suitableness
relation
fitness
propriety
association
reference
appurtenance
import
linkage
rightness
relationship
accordance
correspondence
liaison
seemliness
meaning
felicity
properness
fittingness
felicitousness
happiness
affinity
kinship
congruence
relativity
usefulness
correctness
timeliness
becomingness
congruousness
opportuneness
appropriacy
well-suitedness
convenience
matter
substance
context
analogy
alliance
link
judiciousness
expedience
regard
equitableness
grace
eloquence
effectiveness
bearing on
choiceness
adaptation
qualifications
eligibility
more ❯
Noun
▲
Range of capabilities
functionality
performance
process
service
use
component
Noun
▲
A general meaning or character
tenor
drift
meaning
sense
theme
purport
substance
tendency
burden
intent
course
gist
import
intention
thread
trend
way
aim
direction
essence
message
mood
path
significance
spirit
thrust
character
flavorUS
flavourUK
strain
vein
body
core
evolution
inclination
meat
nature
pith
run
stuff
tone
course of thought
more ❯
Noun
▲
The freedom or will to decide or choose, or that which has been chosen
volition
choice
election
option
discretion
preference
selection
alternative
druthers
liberty
pick
way
choosing
will
determination
free will
resolution
conation
decision
desire
willingness
wish
prerogative
opportunity
self-determination
judgementUK
licence
license
judgmentUS
freedom of choice
more ❯
Noun
▲
A project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one
enterprise
venture
operation
pursuit
undertaking
activity
endeavourUK
project
action
deed
exercise
move
task
act
affair
campaign
exploit
measure
mission
plan
programmeUK
proposition
scheme
adventure
concern
endeavorUS
expedition
interest
outfit
proceeding
proposal
caper
conception
effort
engagement
escapade
essay
experiment
exploration
feat
fling
flutter
idea
plunge
process
programUS
quest
stake
suggestion
wheeze
attempt
baby
bag
ballgame
cause
crusade
deal
do
gamble
game
hazard
investment
performance
risk
romp
setup
speculation
striving
stunt
thing
trade
try
work
plan of action
big idea
follow through
pet project
leap in the dark
more ❯
Noun
▲
Energy or effort expended towards an endeavor
effort
exertion
work
endeavorUS
endeavourUK
trouble
energy
force
application
labourUK
stress
strain
sweat
toil
striving
struggle
graft
laborUS
muscle
pains
power
travail
bother
expenditure
industry
moil
slog
venture
while
battle
determination
discipline
exercise
pull
push
resolution
strength
strife
tension
welly
yakka
elbow grease
hard graft
hard yakka
blood, sweat and tears
old college try
sweat of one's brow
more ❯
Noun
▲
The utilization of something
employment
use
application
exercise
utilisationUK
utilizationUS
implementation
usage
adoption
onboarding
action
appliance
exercising
exploitation
operation
usance
using
agency
exertion
function
handling
interaction
play
working
activity
disposition
interplay
motion
putting into operation
using something
more ❯
Noun
▲
Long and careful consideration or discussion
deliberation
consideration
thought
reflection
cogitation
debate
meditation
study
discussion
pondering
thinking
account
advisement
brooding
calculation
cerebration
consultation
contemplation
musing
rumination
speculation
circumspection
conferring
excogitation
forethought
application
attention
brainwork
heed
negotiation
planning
premeditation
prudence
rap
ratiocination
ventilation
wariness
weighing up
serious thought
more ❯
Noun
▲
A thing arranged or set out in a particular way
layout
arrangement
format
configuration
design
formation
composition
outline
pattern
organisationUK
organizationUS
plan
presentation
structure
conformation
constellation
draughtUK
draftUS
form
getup
makeup
ordonnance
setout
setup
style
geography
set-up
sketch
blueprint
chart
diagram
dimensions
figure
lay
look
scheme
system
physical arrangement
more ❯
Verb
▲
To intend or plan to do something
intend
aim
mean
plan
commit
expect
want
resolve
aspire
consider
contemplate
decide
determine
look
meditate
propose
purport
have a mind
have in mind
have plans
have the intention
ponder
pursue
set out
think of
bid for
commit oneself
have a mind to
have in view
make up one's mind
make up your mind
set your sights on
think to
work towards
more ❯
“I purpose to go grocery shopping after dropping the kids off at school.”
Verb
▲
To carry out a plan with a specific purpose in mind
design
intend
aim
devise
contrive
plan
tailor
fashion
make fitting
adjust
adapt
propose
purport
conceive
construct
fit
prepare
shape
gear
equip
mean
destine
orient
ready
organizeUS
organiseUK
arrange
fix
chart
frame
draftUS
calculate
choreograph
project
blueprint
budget
draughtUK
set up
work out
map out
get ready
lay out
jack up
settle on
scheme out
strategize about
schedule
determine
decide
settle
set
scheme
resolve
establish
direct
quarterback
coordinate
manage
make preparations for
agree to
come to terms about
make plans for
pull things together
pencil in
fix up
prepare for
iron out
come to terms
make plans
make arrangements for
set stage
agree on
shape up
come to an agreement
formulate
assemble
produce
compose
develop
make
more ❯
Verb
▲
To consider or give serious or careful thought to
meditate
contemplate
consider
deliberate
ponder
cogitate
ruminate
muse
reflect
revolve
design
plan
chew over
intend
mull over
scheme
brood
devise
digest
pore over
speculate
think
think about
debate
entertain
eye
perpend
project
propose
puzzle
question
study
turn
turn over
weigh
weigh up
cerebrate
plot
chew the cud
dream
engage in contemplation
figure
kick around
moon
roll
track
view
wrestle with
be lost in thought
debate with oneself
be in a thoughtful state
brood over
entertain idea
have in mind
puzzle over
think deeply
think over
say to oneself
put on thinking cap
be in a brown study
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reach a decision or recommendation
decide
determine
choose
resolve
opt
conclude
elect
aim
decree
establish
figure
pick
plan
reach
rule
agree
cinch
guess
name
select
settle
take
vote
adopt
award
conjecture
mediate
poll
surmise
will
come to a decision
go for
make a decision
make up your mind
reach a conclusion
reach a decision
reach decision
settle on
settle upon
arrive at conclusion
cast the die
come to agreement
come to conclusion
come to decision
commit oneself
draw a conclusion
fix on
fix upon
form opinion
go down line
have final word
have in mind
have the intention
make up one's mind
take a stand
call shots
make your mind up
settle on a plan of action
come to a conclusion
end with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To apply great and continuous effort
endeavourUK
endeavorUS
strive
struggle
toil
labourUK
laborUS
strain
work
drudge
slave
sweat
slog
moil
hustle
travail
ploughUK
plowUS
plod
grind
push
apply
exert oneself
peg away
beaver away
work hard
try hard
make every effort
apply oneself
go all out
bang away
make an effort
bend over backwards
slog away
knock oneself out
bust a gut
go for broke
go for it
do your utmost
take pains
pour it on
be at pains
move heaven and earth
do your best
give it your all
give it your best shot
hammer away
make an all-out effort
do your damnedest
have a crack
rupture yourself
break your neck
do one's best
set out
old college try
work hard to
jump through hoops
dig deep
dig deeper
give something one's best shot
work at
grub
plug
tug
hump
dig away
plug away
try
spare no effort
work like a Trojan
put yourself out
graft
do all one can
drive
pull out all the stops
kill oneself
work like a dog
sweat blood
lean over backwards
exert yourself
more ❯
Verb
▲
To devise or come up with (an idea or plan)
conceive
create
design
form
develop
devise
formulate
contrive
invent
originate
brainstorm
coin
conceit
dream
frame
ideate
produce
cogitate
evolve
hatch
spitball
elaborate
realiseUK
realizeUS
dream up
think of
think up
come up with
conjure up
cook up
draw up
make up
trump up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have as one's goal
pursue
seek
court
try for
aim at
aim for
attempt
push towards
quest after
search for
strive for
aspire to
be intent on
work towards
work for
work toward
go out for
have as an objective
have a go at
have as a goal
go for
go after
target
seek out
try to obtain
pull out all the stops for
go all-out for
set your sights on
home in on
solicit
ask for
choose
select
attack
earmark
decide on
focus on
fix on
pick out
single out
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