Your point may be a little off target, but it certainly is close.
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Target
//ˈtɑː.ɡɪt//
Synonyms for "target" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (51)
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15 entriesSynonyms
5 entriescoordinate
1 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesderived
59 entriesShowing 16 of 59 words.
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1 entrieshas context
10 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
1 entriesmeronym
5 entriesrelated to
53 entriesShowing 16 of 53 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
235 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- qëllimi noun (goal or objective)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σκοπός noun (goal or objective)
- στόχος noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Arabic
4 entries- دَرِيئَة noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- مَرْمًى noun (goal or objective)
- نِيشَان noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- هَدَف noun (goal or objective)
Armenian
2 entries- թիրախ noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- թիրախ noun (goal or objective)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- hədəf noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- hədəf noun (goal or objective)
Belarusian
4 entries- мэ́та noun (goal or objective)
- мішэ́нь noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- наме́р noun (goal or objective)
- цэль noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зада́ние noun (goal or objective)
- мише́на noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- наме́рение noun (goal or objective)
- ниша́н noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Catalan
1 entries- blanc noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Cebuano
3 entries- target noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- target noun (goal or objective)
- target verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- نیشان noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- نیشانە گرتن verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 標的 /标的 noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- 目標 /目标 noun (goal or objective)
- 目的 noun (goal or objective)
- 靶子 noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Czech
2 entries- cíl noun (goal or objective)
- terč noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Danish
4 entries- mål noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- mål noun (goal or objective)
- skydeskive noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- rette mod verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Dutch
2 entries- doel noun (goal or objective)
- schietschijf noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Egyptian
1 entries- V28-D58-G43« » noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Esperanto
3 entries- celo noun (goal or objective)
- celtabulo noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- celi verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Estonian
1 entries- sihtmärk noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Finnish
4 entries- kilpi noun (kind of small shield)
- kohde noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- maali noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- maalitaulu noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
French
4 entries- but noun (goal or objective)
- cible noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- cible noun (goal or objective)
- objectif noun (goal or objective)
Galician
1 entries- branco noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Georgian
3 entries- მიზანი noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- მიზანი noun (goal or objective)
- სამიზნე noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
German
4 entries- Schießscheibe noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- Ziel noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- Ziel noun (goal or objective)
- Zielscheibe noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Greek
4 entries- σκοπός noun (goal or objective)
- στόχος noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- στόχος noun (goal or objective)
- στοχεύω verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַטָּרָה noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Hindi
3 entries- निशाना noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- निशाना noun (goal or objective)
- हदफ़ noun (goal or objective)
Hungarian
4 entries- cél noun (goal or objective)
- célpont noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- céltábla noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- pajzs noun (kind of small shield)
Irish
3 entries- cuspóir noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- cuspóir noun (goal or objective)
- sprioc noun (goal or objective)
Italian
2 entries- bersaglio noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- obiettivo noun (goal or objective)
Japanese
4 entries- ターゲット noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- ターゲット noun (goal or objective)
- 標的 noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- 的 noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Kazakh
1 entries- нысана noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Khmer
2 entries- វង់បាញ់ noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- ស៊ីប noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Korean
4 entries- 과녁 noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- 목적 noun (goal or objective)
- 목표 noun (goal or objective)
- 타겟 noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бута noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Latin
1 entries- scopus noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Latvian
2 entries- mērķis noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- mērķis noun (goal or objective)
Lezgi
1 entries- лишан noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Lithuanian
2 entries- taikinys noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- tikslas noun (goal or objective)
Macedonian
3 entries- мета noun (goal or objective)
- нишан noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- цел noun (goal or objective)
Malay
1 entries- sasaran noun (goal or objective)
Malayalam
3 entries- ലക്ഷ്യം noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- ലക്ഷ്യം noun (goal or objective)
- ലക്ഷ്യം വയ്ക്കുക verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Navajo
4 entries- béésh baa ańdajisihígíí noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- dajółdonígíí (gunnery) noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- dajółneʼígíí noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- dajółtʼóhígíí noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- armanc noun (goal or objective)
- hedef noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- nîşan noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Norwegian
1 entries- sikte verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- mål noun (goal or objective)
- skyteskive noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Old English
1 entries- mierċels noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- نشان noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- هدف noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Pashto
2 entries- نشانه noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- هدف noun (goal or objective)
Persian
4 entries- آماج noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- درقه noun (kind of small shield)
- سیبل noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- هدف noun (goal or objective)
Polish
4 entries- cel noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- cel noun (goal or objective)
- meta noun (goal or objective)
- tarcza noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Portuguese
4 entries- alvo noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- objetivo noun (goal or objective)
- direcionar verb (to aim for as an audience or demographic)
- mirar verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Romanian
4 entries- obiectiv noun (goal or objective)
- scop noun (goal or objective)
- țel noun (goal or objective)
- țintă noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Russian
4 entries- мише́нь noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- мише́нь noun (kind of small shield)
- наме́рение noun (goal or objective)
- цель noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cȋlj noun (goal or objective)
- méta noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- méta noun (goal or objective)
- nìšan noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Slovak
2 entries- cieľ noun (goal or objective)
- terč noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Slovene
2 entries- cilj noun (goal or objective)
- tarča noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Spanish
4 entries- blanco noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- destinatario noun (goal or objective)
- diana noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- hito noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Swahili
4 entries- lengwa noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- lengwa noun (kind of small shield)
- lengwa noun (shield resembling the Roman scutum)
- lengwa verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Swedish
4 entries- mål noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- mål noun (goal or objective)
- måltavla noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- rikta verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Tabasaran
1 entries- лишан noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Tagalog
1 entries- tigpo noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Tajik
4 entries- нишон noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- нишона noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- ҳадаф noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- ҳадаф noun (goal or objective)
Thai
1 entries- เป้าหมาย noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Turkish
3 entries- hedef noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- hedef noun (goal or objective)
- nişan noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Ukrainian
4 entries- мета́ noun (goal or objective)
- міше́нь noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- на́мір noun (goal or objective)
- ціль noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Urdu
4 entries- نِشانَہ noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- نِشانَہ noun (goal or objective)
- ہَدَف noun (goal or objective)
- نشانہ لگانا verb (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
Uzbek
1 entries- nishon noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bia noun (butt or mark to shoot at)
- mục tiêu noun (goal or objective)
Yiddish
1 entries- ציל noun (goal or objective)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
A man of weak will is the target of criticism; even his friends would badger him into correcting his defects.
Source: tatoeba (28210)
This seminar will target senior marketing leaders from Japanese firms.
Source: tatoeba (60934)
The first attack missed the target.
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