That day was an important milestone in our project.
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Milestone
//ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn//
Synonyms for "milestone" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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5 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
123 translations across 41 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- верставы слуп noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- кіламетровы слуп noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- мільны камень noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- мільны слуп noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Bulgarian
2 entries- важно събитие noun (important event)
- километричен камък noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Catalan
2 entries- fita noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- fita noun (important event)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 里程碑 noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- 里程碑 noun (important event)
Czech
3 entries- mezník noun (important event)
- milník noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- milník noun (important event)
Danish
2 entries- milepæl noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- milepæl noun (important event)
Dutch
4 entries- keerpunt noun (important event)
- mijlpaal noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- mijlpaal noun (important event)
- mijlsteen noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Esperanto
2 entries- mejloŝtono noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- mejloŝtono noun (important event)
Estonian
1 entries- verstapost noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Extremaduran
1 entries- miliáriu noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Finnish
4 entries- kilometripylväs noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- kilometritolppa noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- mailitolppa noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- merkkipaalu noun (important event)
French
3 entries- borne noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- borne kilométrique noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- jalon noun (important event)
Galician
1 entries- marco noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Georgian
1 entries- ნიშანსვეტი noun (important event)
German
4 entries- Etappenziel noun (important event)
- Kilometerstein noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- Markstein noun (important event)
- Meilenstein noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Greek
2 entries- ορόσημο noun (important event)
- χιλιομετροδείκτης noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Hebrew
3 entries- אבן דרך noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- אבן דרך noun (important event)
- אבן מיל noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Hindi
1 entries- मीलपत्थर noun (important event)
Hungarian
3 entries- kilométerkő noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- mérföldkő noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- mérföldkő noun (important event)
Indonesian
1 entries- tanggal penting noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Italian
3 entries- pietra miliare noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- pietra miliare noun (important event)
- traguardo noun (important event)
Japanese
4 entries- 一大事 noun (important event)
- 一里塚 noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- 事 noun (important event)
- 画期的出来事 noun (important event)
Latin
1 entries- mīlliārium noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Macedonian
2 entries- милјоказ noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- пресвртница noun (important event)
Malayalam
2 entries- നാഴികക്കല്ല് noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- നാഴികക്കല്ല് noun (important event)
Norman
1 entries- pièrre dé mille noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- milepel noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- milepel noun (important event)
- milepæl noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- milepæl noun (important event)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- milepåle noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- milepåle noun (important event)
- milestein noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- milestein noun (important event)
Polish
4 entries- kamień milowy noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- kamień milowy noun (important event)
- milowy krok noun (important event)
- postawić kamienie milowe verb (to place milestones)
Portuguese
3 entries- marco noun (important event)
- marco miliar noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- marco miliário noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Russian
4 entries- ве́ха noun (important event)
- километро́вый столб noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- ми́льный ка́мень noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- рубе́ж noun (important event)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- clach-mhìle noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- clach-mhìle noun (important event)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- miljokaz noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- prekretnica noun (important event)
Slovak
3 entries- medzník noun (important event)
- míľnik noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- míľnik noun (important event)
Spanish
4 entries- borna noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- cipo noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- fito (disused) noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- hita noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Swedish
3 entries- milsten noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- milstolpe noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- milstolpe noun (important event)
Tagalog
1 entries- batong-milyahe noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Turkish
2 entries- kilometre taşı noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- kilometre taşı noun (important event)
Ukrainian
2 entries- віха noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- мильовий камінь noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cây số noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- cột cây số noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- cột dặm noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- cột mốc noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
Volapük
2 entries- liölaston noun (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
- liölaston noun (important event)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does.
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It's an important milestone for her.
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For many African-American movie fans, the film “Black Panther,” released this year, was a milestone.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.