Aim and Search

Aim

Aim noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Search and aim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Search" instead a noun "Aim".

Nearby Words: aimed, aiming

Search noun - An act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something.

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Aim and search are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aim" instead a noun "Search".

particular	particular aim	particular search
proper	proper aim	proper search
actual	actual aim	actual search
entire	entire aim	entire search
Other adjectives: quick, main, combined, destructive.

Naturally, a quick search online is needed if you aim to get every achievement hidden in the list.

Source: Guide Dang It / Other
Another example (although Superman didn't know it at the time), was in "Twilight of the Gods", with Darkseid dying when Brainiac's home-base overloaded in his aim to search for the Anti-Life Equation.

Source: Karmic Death
In Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, Marcus Octavius, the Big Bad, is a pretty, white-haired, arrogant elitist whose aim is to recreate Rome's lost glories.

Source: White Hair, Black Heart

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Search and Aim. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/search

Aim & Search. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/search>.

Search or Aim. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/search.

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