ultimate goal
End you seek
An ultimate goal is the final aim toward which all other efforts are directed—the destination that gives purpose to intermediate steps.
It implies there's nothing beyond it; once achieved, the pursuit ends: Her ultimate goal was to become a surgeon.
The phrase emphasizes long-term ambition over short-term objectives.
- destinationIntended arrival point
- finish lineRace completion marker
- finish strongExcel in final moments
- end gameFinal competitive phase
- endgameConcluding phase of competition
grand finale · pinnacle · summit · brass ring · dream · dream come true · aspiration · purpose · mission · north star · big picture · victory · fulfillment · horizon · prize · triumph · culmination · zenith
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- peakspeak, summit, mountaintop, mountain peak, pinnacle
- success storiesrags to riches, success story, underdog story, comeback story, zero to hero
ultimate goalstepping stone
Intermediate stage toward goal
means to an end · waypoint · milestone · subgoal · transitional phase
ultimate goalworst nightmare
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