4
proposal(noun, aim, meaning, objective, intention)
4
resolve(aim, meaning, objective, intention, intent)
4
scheme(noun, plan, object, aim, meaning)
4
spot(noun, aim, objective, goal, target)
4
use(noun, aim, objective, goal, target)
4
vocation(noun, hope, objective, goal, pursuit)
4
will(noun, love, plan, passion, desire)
3
anxiety
3
desideratum(noun, plan, desire, purpose, goal)
3
expectation(noun, plan, desire, concern, reason)
3
inspiration(drive, desire, incentive)
3
lodestar(noun, pursuit)
3
motive(noun, drive, love, passion, push)
3
principle(noun, aim, meaning, objective, intention)
3
prize(noun, top, best, prime, goal)
3
project(aim, meaning, objective, intention, intent)
3
prospectus(noun, intention)
3
pursuit(noun, hope, objective, goal, pursuit)
3
reason(noun, drive, desire, interest, object)
3
vaulting ambition(expression, idiom, desire)
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