point
noun [S or U] (PURPOSE) /pɔɪnt/Definition
B2 purpose or usefulness: [+ -ing verb] informal There's no point arguing about it - we're going and that's that. I'd like to write to him, but what's the point? He never writes back. I see little point in discussing this further.Goals and purposes
(Definition of point noun (PURPOSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aim noun (INTENTION)
- ambition noun
- avail noun
- dedicated adjective
- goal noun (AIM)
- have big ideas idiom
- idea noun (PURPOSE)
- mission noun (JOB)
- object noun (PURPOSE)
- order noun (PURPOSE)
- orientation noun (AIMS)
- prize noun
- purpose noun
- raison d'être noun
- sb's heart's desire idiom
- should modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
- the end justifies the means idiom
- the order of the day idiom
- way noun (WANT)
- will noun (MENTAL POWER)
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