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target
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of TARGET
1
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule <the hapless vice president quickly became the favorite target of late-night comedians>
Related Words laughingstock, mockery, pilgarlic; lightning rod; fall guy, goat, scapegoat, whipping boy
Near Antonyms gossip, gossiper, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, troublemaker; defamer, libeler, libelist, traducer; baiter, heckler, needler, ribber, taunter, tease, teaser, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer; derider, insulter, mocker, ridiculer, scoffer, scorner; caricaturist, lampooner, parodist, satirist
2
a person or thing that is made fun of <after my botched haircut, I became the target of lots of jokes at school>
3
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish <our target is to raise $100,000 for a new playground by August>
Synonyms aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne (also bourn), design, dream, end, idea, ideal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, plan, point, pretension, purpose, target, thing
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