Effect and Goal

Effect

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: goalless, goalie

good	good effect	good goal
exact	exact effect	exact goal
common	common effect	common goal
specific	specific effect	specific goal
Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, actual, real, great, main, major, immediate, possible, apparent, secondary, greater, intended, different, opposite, overall.

Saying it to reinforce your goal or similar can have the same effect as a Survival Mantra or a Theme Music Powerup, and can precede or punctuate a Crowning Moment of Awesome.

Source: Badass Creed
Although the true goal was sheer computing power, it has the happy side-effect of giving its instigator the free use of the powers of all of its members, when an esper is only supposed to have one.

Source: All Your Powers Combined
But also played straight to the effect that playing as Mint completely ruins Rue's goal by the ending.

Source: Schrödinger's Player Character

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

Effect & Goal. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/effect/goal>.

Goal or Effect. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/effect/goal.

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