objectives
What you're pursuing
Objectives are goals or aims that someone sets out to achieve.
The word typically appears in contexts involving planning, strategy, or formal evaluation—business objectives, military objectives, learning objectives.
Unlike vague aspirations, objectives usually imply something specific and measurable: The campaign's primary objective was to increase voter turnout by 15%.
When someone asks about your objectives, they want to know what concrete outcomes you're working toward.
Intended aims or marks
- aimsPurposes or targets
- goalsIntended end results
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- benchmarksStandards for measuring performance
milestones · deliverables · priorities · quotas · thresholds · metrics · indicators · KPIs
Deeply held goals
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- visionAbility to see
- driveOperate a vehicle
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
determination · pursuit · striving · endeavor · career goals · self-improvement · growth · advancement
Planned approach to goals
- planningArranging for future events
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- executionCompleting a planned task
timeline · deadlines · phases · stages · checkpoints · action items · initiatives · tactics
Purpose-driven task
- targetObject of pursuit
- operationProcess of working
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
strategic · tactical · intelligence · assignment · directive · briefing · extraction · neutralization
targets
Intended aims or marks
benchmarks · milestones · deliverables · priorities · quotas · thresholds · metrics · indicators · KPIs · results
aspirations
Deeply held goals
motivation · determination · pursuit · striving · endeavor · career goals · self-improvement · growth · advancement · excellence
strategy
Planned approach to goals
execution · timeline · deadlines · phases · stages · checkpoints · action items · initiatives · tactics · implementation
mission
Purpose-driven task
- targetObject of pursuit
- operationProcess of working
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
surveillance · strategic · tactical · intelligence · assignment · directive · briefing · extraction · neutralization · coordinates
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- game tacticsstrategy, tactics, positioning, decision making, counterplay
- Eduspeakpedagogy, curriculum mapping, scaffolding, rubric, formative
- project milestonesmilestones, checkpoints, deliverables, benchmarks
- research papersresearch paper, journal article, scholarly article, dissertation, original research
- strategic managementstrategic planning, strategic management, corporate strategy, business strategy, long-term planning
objectivesaimlessness
Lack of direction
purposelessness · directionlessness · wishes · daydreams · whims
objectivesmethods
Ways to accomplish something
means · tactics · strategies · processes · procedures
objectivesorigins
Points where things start
history · precedents · antecedents · causes · roots
- scientific objectivityImpartial pursuit of truth
- objective truthReality independent of perception
- objective realityExistence independent of minds
- learning objectiveStated instructional aim
- mission objectivesDesignated aims of assignment
- objective lensLight-gathering optical element