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goal
Overview of noun goal
The noun goal has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (243) goal, end -- (the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means")
2. (194) goal -- (a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play")
3. (16) goal -- (game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points)
4. (3) finish, destination, goal -- (the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun goal
4 senses of goal
Sense 1
goal, end
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
goal
=> score
=> success
=> attainment
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
goal
=> game equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
finish, destination, goal
=> end
=> extremity
=> region, part
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun goal
4 senses of goal
Sense 1
goal, end
=> aim, object, objective, target
=> bourn, bourne
=> end-all
=> destination, terminus
=> no-goal
=> purpose, intent, intention, aim, design
=> intention
Sense 2
goal
=> own goal
Sense 3
goal
=> basket, basketball hoop, hoop
=> net
Sense 4
finish, destination, goal
=> finishing line, finish line
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun goal
4 senses of goal
Sense 1
goal, end
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
Sense 2
goal
=> score
Sense 3
goal
=> game equipment
Sense 4
finish, destination, goal
=> end
Antonyms of noun goal
Member Holonyms of noun goal
Substance Holonyms of noun goal
Part Holonyms of noun goal
1 of 4 senses of goal
Sense 1
goal, end
PART OF: plan of action
Member Meronyms of noun goal
Substance Meronyms of noun goal
Part Meronyms of noun goal
1 of 4 senses of goal
Sense 3
goal
HAS PART: bar
HAS PART: goalpost
Meronyms of noun goal
1 of 4 senses of goal
Sense 3
goal
HAS PART: bar
HAS PART: goalpost
Holonyms of noun goal
1 of 4 senses of goal
Sense 1
goal, end
PART OF: plan of action
Attributes of noun goal
Derived Forms of noun goal
Domain of noun goal
Domain Terms of noun goal
Familiarity of noun goal
goal used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun goal
4 senses of goal
Sense 1
goal, end
> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> tradition
=> object
=> food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment
=> noumenon, thing-in-itself
=> universe, universe of discourse
=> topic, subject, issue, matter
=> issue
=> idea, thought
=> kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> wisdom
=> representation, mental representation, internal representation
=> belief
=> unbelief, disbelief
=> heresy, unorthodoxy
=> goal, end
=> education
=> experience
=> acculturation, culture
=> lore, traditional knowledge
=> ignorance
=> knowledge domain, knowledge base
=> metaknowledge
Sense 2
goal
> score
=> bull's eye
=> goal
=> strike, ten-strike
=> spare
=> open frame, break
=> safety
=> touchdown
=> field goal
=> conversion
=> run, tally
=> basket, field goal
=> hat trick
=> break, break of serve
=> equalizer
Sense 3
goal
> game equipment
=> backboard, basketball backboard
=> ball
=> bowling equipment
=> counter
=> crossbar
=> game
=> goal
=> horseshoe
=> jack, jackstones
=> man, piece
=> net
=> paintball gun
=> pinball machine, pin table
=> pool table, billiard table, snooker table
=> quoit
=> roulette wheel, wheel
=> spinner
Sense 4
finish, destination, goal
> end
=> bitter end
=> bitthead
=> heel
=> point
=> pole, magnetic pole
=> railhead
=> terminus
=> yardarm
=> nerve ending, nerve end
=> telomere
=> heel
=> end point, endpoint, termination, terminus
=> finish, destination, goal
=> tip
Meronyms of noun goal
4 senses of goal
Sense 3
goal
HAS PART: bar
HAS PART: goalpost
HAS PART: crossbar
HAS PART: upright, vertical
=> game equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun goal
1 of 4 senses of goal
Sense 1
goal, end
PART OF: plan of action
Grep of noun goal
field goal
goal
goal-kick
goal line
goalie
goalkeeper
goalmouth
goalpost
goaltender
no-goal
own goal
Grep of adj goal
goal-directed
goalless
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