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target
Overview of noun target
The noun target has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (6) target, mark -- (a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark")
2. (4) prey, quarry, target, fair game -- (a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt")
3. (4) target, target area -- (the location of the target that is to be hit)
4. (3) target, butt -- (sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at)
5. (2) aim, object, objective, target -- (the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children")
Overview of verb target
The verb target has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. target, aim, place, direct, point -- (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun target
5 senses of target
Sense 1
target, mark
=> reference point, point of reference, reference
=> indicator
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
prey, quarry, target, fair game
=> victim
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
target, target area
=> topographic point, place, spot
=> point
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
target, butt
=> sports equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
aim, object, objective, target
=> goal, end
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun target
4 of 5 senses of target
Sense 1
target, mark
=> clout
=> drogue
Sense 3
target, target area
=> ground zero
Sense 4
target, butt
=> clay pigeon
Sense 5
aim, object, objective, target
=> grail
=> business
=> point
=> thing
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun target
5 senses of target
Sense 1
target, mark
=> reference point, point of reference, reference
Sense 2
prey, quarry, target, fair game
=> victim
Sense 3
target, target area
=> topographic point, place, spot
Sense 4
target, butt
=> sports equipment
Sense 5
aim, object, objective, target
=> goal, end
Antonyms of noun target
Member Holonyms of noun target
Substance Holonyms of noun target
Part Holonyms of noun target
Member Meronyms of noun target
Substance Meronyms of noun target
Part Meronyms of noun target
1 of 5 senses of target
Sense 1
target, mark
HAS PART: bull's eye, bull
Meronyms of noun target
1 of 5 senses of target
Sense 1
target, mark
HAS PART: bull's eye, bull
Holonyms of noun target
Attributes of noun target
Derived Forms of noun target
2 of 5 senses of target
Sense 2
prey, quarry, target, fair game
RELATED TO>(verb) target#1
=> target, aim, place, direct, point
Sense 5
aim, object, objective, target
RELATED TO>(verb) target#1
=> target, aim, place, direct, point
Domain of noun target
Domain Terms of noun target
Familiarity of noun target
target used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun target
5 senses of target
Sense 1
target, mark
> reference point, point of reference, reference
=> benchmark, bench mark
=> landmark
=> lubber's line, lubber line, lubber's mark, lubber's point
=> standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
=> target, mark
=> white line
=> buoy
Sense 2
prey, quarry, target, fair game
> victim
=> casualty, injured party
=> casualty
=> hunted person
=> martyr, sufferer
=> martyr
=> muggee
=> murderee
=> poor devil, wretch
=> prey, quarry, target, fair game
=> punching bag
=> scapegoat, whipping boy
Sense 3
target, target area
> topographic point, place, spot
=> grave, tomb
=> junction
=> birthplace, place of birth
=> polling place, polling station
=> end
=> hiding place
=> high, heights
=> hole-in-the-wall
=> holy place, sanctum, holy
=> mecca
=> nesting place
=> overlook
=> peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit
=> rendezvous
=> scour
=> service area
=> showplace
=> solitude
=> stop
=> target, target area
=> pool, puddle
=> parhelion, mock sun, sundog
=> sunspot, macula
=> facula
=> facula
Sense 4
target, butt
> sports equipment
=> badminton equipment
=> baseball equipment
=> basketball equipment
=> boxing equipment
=> cricket equipment
=> croquet equipment
=> discus, saucer
=> golf equipment
=> gymnastic apparatus, exerciser
=> hammer
=> javelin
=> mat, gym mat
=> mouthpiece, gumshield
=> shot
=> skate
=> spike
=> sporting goods
=> stick
=> target, butt
=> weight, free weight, exercising weight
Sense 5
aim, object, objective, target
> goal, end
=> aim, object, objective, target
=> bourn, bourne
=> end-all
=> destination, terminus
=> no-goal
=> purpose, intent, intention, aim, design
=> intention
Meronyms of noun target
5 senses of target
Sense 1
target, mark
HAS PART: bull's eye, bull
Sense 2
prey, quarry, target, fair game
=> victim
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 4
target, butt
=> sports equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun target
Grep of noun target
radar target
takeover target
target
target acquisition system
target area
target cell
target company
target language
target organ
target practice
target program
target range
water-target
Antonyms of verb target
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb target
1 sense of target
Sense 1
target, aim, place, direct, point
=> aim, take, train, take aim, direct
=> position
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb target
1 sense of target
Sense 1
target, aim, place, direct, point
=> address
=> range in, home in, zero in
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb target
1 sense of target
Sense 1
target, aim, place, direct, point
=> aim, take, train, take aim, direct
'Cause To' of verb target
Derived Forms of verb target
1 sense of target
Sense 1
target, aim, place, direct, point
RELATED TO>(noun) target#5
=> aim, object, objective, target
RELATED TO>(noun) target#2
=> prey, quarry, target, fair game
Domain of verb target
Domain Terms of verb target
Familiarity of verb target
target used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb target
1 sense of target
Sense 1
target, aim, place, direct, point
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb target
1 sense of target
Sense 1
target, aim, place, direct, point
> aim, take, train, take aim, direct
=> target, aim, place, direct, point
=> draw a bead on
=> hold
=> turn
=> swing
=> charge, level, point
=> level
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb target
Sense 1
target, aim, place, direct, point
=> aim, take, train, take aim, direct
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Grep of verb target
target
Grep of adj target
dead on target
target-hunting
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