Goal and Try

Goal

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

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

Nearby Words: goalless, goalie

Try noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Goal and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Goal" instead a noun "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

good	good goal	good try
common	common goal	common try
reasonable	reasonable goal	reasonable try
single	single goal	single try
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, entire, real, big, great, new, major, general, possible, final, impossible, next, last.

Figuring that seven minutes was too little time to try to score on Grenada, Barbados instead scored on themselves to tie the game at 2-2 and force extra time, where they would have thirty minutes to try to score on Grenada properly and earn the necessary two-goal win.

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However, instead of trying to recover stolen treasure, your goal is to try to escape through the door on the top.

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Now, a try is worth 5 points, and while the team will still kick for goal after a try, it's only worth 2 points.

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Try and Goal. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/goal/try

Goal & Try. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/goal/try>.

Try or Goal. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/goal/try.

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