Synonyms for target

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tahr-git

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɑr gɪt

Top 10 synonyms for target

Other synonyms for the word target

Définition of target

Origin : c.1400, "shield," diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe "light shield," from Frankish *targa "shield" (cf. Old High German zarga "edging, border," German zarge, Old English targe, Old Norse targa "shield"), from Proto-Germanic *targo "border, edge." Meaning "object to be aimed at in shooting" first recorded 1757, originally in archery. Target audience is by 1951, early reference is to Cold War psychological warfare.

noun aim, goal
noun person as object of ridicule

Example sentences :

He could follow his target as though a magnetic power attracted his rifle.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Then, hardly looking at his target, he snapped his rifle back to his shoulder and fired.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

And their target is fairly protected and at least partially hidden.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

Huh, that ain't sayin' much, when like as not the target was a barn!
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

He fired at the target, and made a bull's-eye, much to his surprise and delight.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

This time the Majestic was taken as the target for a torpedo and she went down.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

He knows that at a given moment his target will be at a given point.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

I made no more ado, but took all their seven points in my target, thus.
Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various

It seemed to me that it was Hephzy's time to play the target.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

But the knowledge of his deadliness kept him from being made a target.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

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