Bound and Goal

Bound

Bound noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

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Goal and bound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Goal" instead a noun "Bound".

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

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Bound and goal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bound" instead a noun "Goal".

Nearby Words: goalless, goalie

good	good bound	good goal
single	single bound	single goal
real	real bound	real goal
big	big bound	big goal
Other adjectives: heroic, final, next.

Wide Open Sandbox: Although there is a goal build the rocket silo and launch the satellite you are not bound by any one set path to achieve that goal.

Source: Videogame / Factorio
In Kushiel's Legacy, this becomes the goal of Phedre, when her oldest friend is bound by a curse laid by Rahab the Angel of the Deeps.

Source: Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu / Literature
By the time of the game, his soul remains bound to his body solely as a result of his fanatical devotion to this goal.

Source: Break the Believer

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Goal and Bound. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bound/goal

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