Point
Target
Target noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Usage example: our target is to raise $100,000 for a new playground by August
Point is a synonym for target in action topic. You can use "Point" instead the word "Target" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as aim, objective, planned.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good point | good target |
| particular | particular point | particular target |
| common | common point | common target |
| specific | specific point | specific target |
| Other adjectives: certain, current, original, valid, single, small, actual, real, big, huge, main, important, new, major, frequent, given, final, primary, next, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The fact that you can target them probably means they planned to add this functionality at some point but decided not to.
Source: Subsystem Damage -
The Mind Vision spell usable by priests in World of Warcraft switches your point of view to that of your target.
Source: Seeing Through Another's Eyes - The Maniac uses this knowledge to always have advantage over a certain target, and, with time, to convert the target to his point of view (a la Jigsaw).
Source: Break Them by Talking
Cite this Source
Target and Point. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/point/target
Point & Target. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/point/target>.
Target or Point. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/point/target.
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