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The reason for which something or someone is used or suited for
A passionate aspiration or ambition
A morally acceptable explanation for behavior, or for a belief or occurrence
(
figurative
)
The principal aspect or dimension of something
Noun
▲
The reason for which something or someone is used or suited for
purpose
reason
function
advantage
benefit
goal
good
object
objective
role
outcome
result
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
niche
slot
calling
groove
ideal position
reason for being
concern
operation
aim
charge
occupation
action
point
intent
intention
destination
design
end
application
post
activity
situation
relevance
office
province
employment
affair
basis
errand
obligation
detail
exercise
undertaking
service
chore
principle
plan
wont
sense
consideration
idea
expectation
motive
scope
way
appointment
commission
bag
faculty
connection
behavior
US
thing
meaning
pigeon
billet
berth
power
behaviour
UK
line of country
contribution
serviceableness
interest
pursuit
vocation
quest
hand
effectiveness
help
assistance
efficacy
account
involvement
serviceability
mileage
bit
reward
aid
participation
brief
department
sphere
mantle
say
satisfaction
favour
UK
favor
US
share
side
party
guise
stint
posture
act
piece
game
station
execution
welfare
ease
behalf
cause
faction
labor
US
labour
UK
endeavour
UK
endeavor
US
job title
expedition
trip
practice
art
craft
focus
servitude
industry
chores
project
rôle
commitment
process
métier
setup
practicality
enterprise
journey
trust
enjoyment
comfort
profession
lifework
trade
desirability
impact
influence
helpfulness
job description
person's task
potency
importance
magnitude
significance
well-being
upside
strength
implication
goodness
quality
superiority
consequence
bang for the buck
bearing
import
substance
strong point
more ❯
Noun
▲
A passionate aspiration or ambition
dream
ambition
aspiration
desire
goal
hope
passion
wish
yearning
aim
intent
motivation
objective
plan
craving
design
drive
holy grail
inclination
intention
longing
lust
object
target
urge
daydream
hankering
hunger
pursuit
thirst
want
ache
determination
fancy
grail
itch
mission
notion
purpose
resolution
resolve
desired result
fire in the belly
Holy Grail
object of desire
bourne
end
idea
pretension
thing
vision
ideal
mark
bourn
point
destination
direction
scheme
meaning
desideratum
object of the exercise
endeavor
US
endeavour
UK
calling
vocation
push
desired outcome
pie in the sky
course
ambitiousness
eagerness
expectation
yen
end goal
where one is heading
go-getting
prize
castles in the air
bucket list
reason
principle
use
focus
function
motive
desired effect
duty
view
end in view
whole idea
why and wherefore
the why and wherefore
end purpose
appetite
need
pining
fervor
US
fervour
UK
liking
ardor
US
covetousness
ardour
UK
infatuation
fascination
appetency
greed
love
zeal
propensity
predilection
proclivity
letch
attraction
thirstiness
enthusiasm
burning
relish
jones
craze
devotion
avidity
initiative
will
commitment
lustfulness
fondness
whim
enterprise
preference
impetus
cupidity
emulation
hungering
prurience
disposition
mania
obsession
concupiscence
eroticism
action
strong interest
libido
lechery
lasciviousness
vigour
UK
vitality
admiration
amativeness
energy
verve
salacity
erotism
penchant
spirit
dynamism
compulsion
libidinousness
requirement
pruriency
frenzy
solicitude
voracity
rapture
ravenousness
rapaciousness
vigor
US
tenacity
cause
doggedness
zest
dash
gusto
interest
pep
doting
requisite
aggressiveness
vim
spunk
impulse
go
zip
keenness
punch
name of the game
get-up-and-go
thinking
concern
fire in belly
demand
thought
basis
essential
grounds
mind
conviction
weakness
fixation
occasion
predisposition
dedication
striving
appetition
prospect
project
undertaking
persuasion
fire
warmth
ulterior motive
catalyst
activity
necessity
consideration
hustle
fervency
preoccupation
gumption
aggression
inspiration
moxie
zing
esprit
earnestness
needfulness
urgency
self-motivation
goal-setting
entrepreneurial spirit
will power
get up and go
driving force
right stuff
what it takes
a sense of purpose
horniness
greediness
salaciousness
hots
prayer
lustihood
planning
lech
appetence
spot
drift
envy
rivalry
competition
coveting
aching
decision
bullseye
justification
bull's-eye
addiction
strength
butt
cacoethes
want-to
hurting
pledge
significance
rationality
restlessness
excitement
stamina
liveliness
application
vibrance
aphrodisia
where one's heading
premeditation
scope
proposal
hang-up
yearn
promise
nirvana
plot
terminus
exuberance
forcefulness
vivaciousness
zealousness
intensity
virility
impulsion
bull's eye
whyfor
big idea
vivacity
spiritedness
pizzazz
US
fanaticism
lack
utility
sense
appeal
value
advantage
vow
prerequisite
strength of character
single-mindedness
strength of mind
pzazz
UK
activeness
crush
charm
captivation
impact
usefulness
validity
validness
cogency
necessary
choice
oath
rationale
incentive
scarcity
imperative
deficit
scantiness
dearth
cry out
call
support
absence
necessitude
drought
scarceness
exigence
market
exigency
spur
instigation
incitement
inducement
enchantment
besottedness
central theme
nuts and bolts
stimulant
stimulation
determinant
enticement
carrot
deep affection
endearment
idolization
puppy love
amorousness
care
indispensable thing
desired thing
sine qua non
missing thing
needed thing
partiality
agenda
veneration
eros
heart's desire
vested interest
score to settle
reason why
hidden motive
hidden agenda
special interest
end game
taste
affection
bent
optimism
leaning
affinity
anticipation
attachment
stomach
druthers
task
pleasure
venture
responsibility
commission
charge
business
stunt
exploit
errand
act
deed
burden
feat
matter
accomplishment
obligation
piece of business
racket
brief
chore
engagement
doing
work
contract
exercise
affair
job
gig
process
assignment
like
shine
impression
velleity
favour
UK
favor
US
list
humour
UK
humor
US
expectancy
soft spot
cup of tea
expectance
idée fixe
hypothesis
deliberation
opinion
encouragement
understanding
conception
visualization
US
image
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
inkling
regard
visualisation
UK
perception
postulation
sentiment
abstraction
worry
reflection
conclusion
reasoning
contrivance
contemplation
supposition
conceptualisation
UK
estimation
conceptualization
US
more ❯
Noun
▲
A morally acceptable explanation for behavior, or for a belief or occurrence
justification
excuse
reason
defence
UK
rationale
basis
grounds
rationalisation
UK
rationalization
US
apology
defense
US
explanation
vindication
argument
plea
warrant
absolution
case
reasoning
apologia
approval
exculpation
exoneration
extenuation
foundation
mitigation
premise
pretext
account
acquittal
advocacy
alibi
answer
palliation
palliative
support
validation
wherefore
whitewashing
just cause
story
whatfor
why and wherefore
whole idea
song and dance
logic
motivation
thinking
theory
philosophy
principle
sense
motive
thesis
logical basis
reasons
whyfor
accounting
sour grapes
whys and wherefores
the big idea
the whole idea
hypothesis
argumentation
connection
syllogism
ratiocination
rationality
school of thought
good sense
cause
inducement
purpose
ground
why
inspiration
incentive
evidence
contention
presumption
impetus
authority
subject
determinant
belief
occasion
factor
goal
spur
footing
reason why
stimulus
line of reasoning
antecedent
assertion
instigation
underpinning
stimulant
catalyst
persuasion
stimulation
drive
postulation
expostulation
meaning
hope
driving force
call
raison d'etre
incitement
intention
provocation
point
base
aim
impulse
claim
objective
supposition
polemic
design
proposition
causation
causality
end
target
assumption
object
encouragement
surmise
speculation
postulate
conjecture
presupposition
boost
declaration
enticement
carrot
notion
consideration
good reason
proof
pleading
guess
proposal
position
influence
view
opinion
valid point
causal agent
idea
the why and wherefore
ethos
assurance
reason for existing
justification for existing
groundwork
one reason
sake
bedrock
mental gymnastics
necessity
confession
mainspring
need
requirement
root
count
right
prompting
obligation
score
good point
good excuse
good argument
issue
questioning
good explanation
good case
point well taken
well-founded argument
reasonable grounds
supporting evidence
reasonable justification
demonstration
dialectic
hunch
feeling
fair reason
good cause
urge
suspicion
lure
bait
sweetener
momentum
yeast
attraction
intent
insistence
exhortation
allurement
douceur
premium
thought
understanding
stab
guesswork
presentiment
thoughts
outlook
supposal
impression
judgement
UK
judgment
US
provision
spring
temptation
shot in the arm
come-on
ambition
interest
thought process
concern
focus
desire
line of thought
incitation
push
goad
impulsion
determination
resolve
wish
aspiration
preoccupation
pretension
ideal
dream
train of thought
resolution
mission
vision
care
plan
agenda
process of reasoning
chain of reasoning
motivating force
end game
carrot and stick
holy grail
hidden motive
hidden agenda
Holy Grail
vested interest
score to settle
object of desire
special interest
theorem
concept
axiom
exposition
interpretation
scheme
inference
suggestion
deduction
source
genesis
origin
driver
lemma
conclusion
derivation
principal element
chief ingredient
educated guess
shot in the dark
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
figurative
)
The principal aspect or dimension of something
pivot
core
heart
essence
crux
gist
kernel
nucleus
nub
pith
meat
point
root
keynote
sum
centrepiece
UK
centerpiece
US
net
nubbin
hub
focus
cornerstone
center
US
centre
UK
keystone
linchpin
kingpin
hinge
bull's-eye
bottom line
meat and potatoes
central point
focal point
substance
marrow
nitty-gritty
quintessence
sum and substance
basis
nuts and bolts
heart of the matter
matter
burden
soul
thrust
essential part
significance
base
fundamentals
upshot
stuff
main point
long and short
import
foundation
main idea
principle
meaning
sense
theme
essentials
basics
spirit
essentiality
bedrock
topic
short
center of attention
US
bottom
fiber
US
fibre
UK
quick
brass tacks
salient point
name of the game
centre of attention
UK
drift
subject
body
underpinning
tenor
mainspring
fundamental
idea
infrastructure
importance
reality
score
lynchpin
groundwork
backbone
basic
most important point
crown
punch line
crucial point
fundamental point
intrinsic nature
focus of attention
prime focus
point of convergence
meat-and-potatoes
premise
principal element
fundamental principle
chief ingredient
purport
inwardness
consequence
standard
target
butt
omphalos
quintain
embodiment
zest
basic idea
defining characteristic
essential feature
policy line
essential element
heart and soul
the long and the short of it
vital part
highlight
text
question
flagship
climax
essential point
signification
proposition
decisive point
the main reason
footing
circumstance
moral
case
relevance
dead center
home run
direct hit
hole in one
view
statement
viewpoint
opinion
motif
kicker
warp
grounding
ground
nature
locus
determination
conclusion
outcome
life
axis
nexus
key feature
guiding principle
warp and woof
first principle
line of reasoning
subject matter
most important fact
seat
belly
inside
gut
pride and joy
main event
main feature
high point
best part
high spot
polestar
ground zero
inner space
coal and ice
bones
bosom
heartstrings
jewel in the crown
ethos
being
lifeblood
end result
end product
key point
last word
final decision
what it's all about
indispensable content
main thing
whole story
sine qua non
character
constitution
direction
summary
element
grain
actuality
structure
bearing
force
vein
quality
aspect
quiddity
form
entity
takeaway
ABC
fundamental quality
attribute
virtuality
basic characteristic
caliber
US
chief constituent
property
timber
be-all and end-all
name of game
calibre
UK
fundamental nature
essentia
germ
esse
basic quality
central part
main theme
central idea
central theme
important point
general picture
take away
nature of the beast
basic principles
main ingredients
content
message
implication
intention
intent
denotation
thesis
argument
connotation
thread
interpretation
acceptation
significancy
nuance
motive
issue
concern
understanding
intimation
purpose
object
suggestion
tendency
context
intendment
aim
effect
mood
allusion
flavour
UK
flavor
US
strain
thought
nature of beast
proposal
affair
definition
material
business
problem
value
course
explanation
principal object
field of inquiry
matter at hand
area under discussion
end
symbolization
trend
discussion
resolution
theorem
concept
item
tone
outline
plot
use
field of reference
reason
storyline
temper
feel
thing
staple
worth
design
insinuation
attitude
middle
atmosphere
motion
title
study
mode
humour
UK
humor
US
scenario
field
general meaning
account
gravamen
area
matter in hand
point at issue
point in question
particular
ideas
cream
rationale
implications
digest
quintessential
scope
sound bite
way
axiom
path
hint
designation
synopsis
precis
abstract
inference
undertone
line
treatise
dissertation
discourse
exposition
undercurrent
lesson
evolution
inclination
run
epicenter
US
spotlight
deeper meaning
principal constituent
main ingredient
general intention
reference
subtext
overtone
anchor
through-line
guts
the long and short
action
sequence
key detail
important detail
key element
evidence
style
stress
distillation
chapter
class
subcurrent
bull's eye
forefront
showpiece
attraction
emphasis
extract
concise summary
division
contention
epicentre
UK
ball game
course of thought
hidden meaning
occasion
head
talking point
situation
leitmotif
ropes
air
note
mass
train of thought
details
moot point
secondary meaning
story line
main
consideration
detail
information
article
matter in question
blurb
report
matter of contention
piece of information
state
rallying point
story
news
bone of contention
portion
feature
part
hot spot
motivation
manner
bulk
weight
feeling
approach
generality
majority
total
whole
brunt
objective
frame
fashion
complexion
the facts
chief part
cold fact
chief thing
essential details
important matter
hard fact
crux of the matter
initiative
the name of the game
personality
colors
US
clay
current
ambiance
genius
mainstay
manifestation
advantage
morale
cheer
feather
climate
utility
habit
colours
UK
resonance
condition
self
substructure
chief
heft
preponderance
project
overview
mark
ambience
belief
disposition
ethic
vibe
animating spirit
representation
personification
vital spirit
symbol
strength
life force
realization
US
moving force
realisation
UK
incarnation
moving spirit
élan vital
exemplification
solution
end in view
big picture
main part
motivating force
state of mind
timbre
dominating characteristic
frame of mind
animating principle
prevailing tendency
major part
principal part
lion's share
snapshot
sketch
better part
greater part
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raison d'être
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