Synonyms for target
ˈtɑr gɪttar·get

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1. targetnoun

   The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

   Do you charge by source or target?

   Synonyms:
   target language

2. targetnoun

   A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

   Synonyms:
   target language

3. targetnoun

   To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

   Take careful aim at the target.

   Synonyms:
   target language

4. targetnoun

   To aim for as an audience or demographic.

   The advertising campaign targeted older women.

   Synonyms:
   target language

5. targetnoun

   To produce code suitable for.

   This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.

   Synonyms:
   target language

6. targetnoun

   A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.

   Synonyms:
   target language

7. targetnoun

   The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

   He made a good target.

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   target language

8. targetnoun

   The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

   Synonyms:
   target language

9. targetnoun

   A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

   Synonyms:
   target language

10. targetnoun

    the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

    Synonyms:
    target language

11. targetnoun

    The tenor of a metaphor.

    Synonyms:
    target language

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.1 / 7 votes

1. target, marknoun

   a reference point to shoot at

   "his arrow hit the mark"

   Synonyms:
   objective, marking, object, butt, mark, sucker, target area, sign, crisscross, fall guy, bull's eye, mug, quarry, score, brand, aim, chump, scrape, stigma, stain, home run, fair game, scratch, grade, gull, patsy, fool, marker, cross, print, scar, bell ringer, prey, soft touch

2. prey, quarry, target, fair gamenoun

   a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

   "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"

   Synonyms:
   object, quarry, fair game, target area, pit, aim, butt, mark, objective, prey, stone pit

3. target, target areanoun

   the location of the target that is to be hit

   Synonyms:
   object, quarry, fair game, target area, aim, butt, mark, objective, prey

4. target, buttnoun

   sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

   Synonyms:
   objective, fanny, tail, seat, object, butt, mark, rear end, stooge, can, nates, stub, fundament, quarry, goat, posterior, buttocks, behind, aim, stern, bottom, backside, bum, buns, fair game, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, target area, hind end, butt joint, rump, butt end, keister, coffin nail, ass, prat, arse, cigaret, rear, cigarette, tush, laughingstock, prey

5. aim, object, objective, targetverb

   the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

   "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"

   Synonyms:
   intention, aim, objective, quarry, design, physical object, object lens, mark, butt, target area, object, prey, objective lens, intent, object glass, fair game, bearing, purpose, heading

6. target, aim, place, direct, pointverb

   intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

   "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

   Synonyms:
   charge, taper, drive, repoint, rank, channelise, get, put, localize, organise, range, commit, lead, station, sharpen, maneuver, take, place, signal, designate, point, come in, betoken, position, grade, steer, purpose, take aim, show, train, lay, calculate, engineer, manoeuver, purport, aspire, aim, address, manoeuvre, direct, level, head, identify, organize, channelize, propose, luff, shoot for, draw a bead on, conduct, post, invest, bespeak, locate, rate, orient, send, orchestrate, mastermind, come out, set, guide, order, site, pose, localise, indicate

Matched Categories

1. • Reference Point
   • Sports Equipment
   • Topographic Point

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. targetnoun

   Synonyms:
   mark (to be shot at)

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "target":

   objective, destination, goal, meta, targets, aim, targeted, fate, destiny, objectives, targeting, purpose, goals, focus, referred, destino, indicators, object, blanco, diana, lens

NicknamesRate these nicknames:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of known nicknames for "Target":

   Nenad Šimun, Mladi Gospar

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TARGET

   Synonyms:
   Trial of Alternative Regimens for Glue Ear Treatment

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How to use target in a sentence?

1. President Dilma Rousseff:

   Brazil is one of a few developing countries to commit to an absolute emissions reduction target, we have one of the world's largest populations and GDP, and our targets are as ambitious or more ambitious than those of developed countries.

2. Brian Kirkell:

   I don't see brick and mortar stores seeing a big benefit from this ruling vis-a-vis their key online competitors, large online retailers who compete with the likes of Walmart and Target have already been collecting and remitting sales tax for some time now because they saw the writing on the wall.

3. Ranveer Singh Jamval:

   We will target the mountaineering waste from Camp 1 (19,695 feet) to the summit, there are old cylinders, tents, tins, packets, equipment and other mountaineering waste. Apart from our own haversacks weighing 10 kg each, we intend to bring in another 10 kg each on the trip.

4. Matthew Pottinger:

   So, the Party now compiles dossiers on millions of foreign citizens around the world, using the material that it gathers to influence, target, intimidate, reward, blackmail, flatter, humiliate, and ultimately divide and conquer.

5. Lou Solicito:

   It is a big win for us, we are ready to bargain a contract with Target.