Goal and Limit

Goal

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

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Limit and goal are semantically related in aim topic. In some cases you can use "Limit" instead a noun "Goal".

Nearby Words: goalless, goalie

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

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Goal and limit are semantically related in greatest extent topic. Sometimes you can use "Goal" instead a noun "Limit".

exact	exact goal	exact limit
common	common goal	common limit
specific	specific goal	specific limit
certain	certain goal	certain limit
Other adjectives: stated, original, initial, reasonable, single, actual, real, big, main, new, general, final, apparent, explicit, hidden, highest, last, intended, higher, overall.

War can only be declared as a response to one player publicly provoking the other and is fought to a pre determined time limit and goal.

Source: Lawful Evil
Coaster Crazy (scenario 28), where your goal is instead to build 10 different types of roller coaster of at least a given excitement rating but with no time limit.

Source: Gimmick Level
In Capture the Flag, the goal for both teams is to capture the enemy's flag until the point limit is reached or the time-limit expires while preventing their enemy from achieving the same.

Source: Video Game / Team Fortress Classic

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

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

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

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