objective

Meaning of objective

adjective
  1. (of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
    historians try to be objective and impartial
  2. relating to or denoting a case of nouns and pronouns serving as the object of a transitive verb or a preposition.
noun
  1. a thing aimed at or sought; a goal.
    the system has achieved its objective
  2. the objective case.
  3. the lens in a telescope or microscope nearest to the object observed.
    examine with high power objective

early 17th century: from medieval Latin objectivus, from objectum (see object).

Information about objective

Hyphenation of objective

ob-jec-tive

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • objective is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

objective synonyms

Meaning nonsubjective:

nonsubjective

Meaning accusative:

accusative, oblique

Meaning documentary:

documentary

Meaning aim:

aim, object, target

Meaning treating all rivals or disputants equally:

impartial

Meaning showing no prejudice for or against something; impartial:

unbiased

Meaning not having or showing a dislike or distrust based on fixed or preconceived ideas:

unprejudiced

Meaning not influenced by considerations of personal advantage:

disinterested

Meaning not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartial:

neutral

Meaning not connected or concerned with someone or something, especially on an emotional level:

uninvolved

Meaning fair and impartial:

equitable

Meaning treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination:

fair

Meaning based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair:

just

Meaning not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial:

dispassionate

Meaning aloof and objective:

detached

Meaning not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings:

impersonal

Meaning not having or showing strong feelings:

unemotional

Meaning very efficient and without feeling; coldly detached:

clinical

Meaning a thing intended; an aim or plan:

intention

Meaning the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists:

purpose

Meaning the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result:

goal

Meaning intention or purpose:

intent

Meaning a goal or desired result:

end

Meaning (in medieval legend) the cup or platter used by Christ at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea received Christ's blood at the Cross. Quests for it undertaken by medieval knights are descr:

grail

Meaning a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action:

idea

Meaning purpose or planning that exists behind an action, fact, or object:

design

Meaning an intention or decision about what one is going to do:

plan

Meaning a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect:

scheme

Meaning a strong desire to do or achieve something:

ambition

Meaning a hope or ambition of achieving something:

aspiration

Meaning a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen:

desire

Meaning a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen:

hope

objective antonyms

Meaning unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something:

biased

Meaning existing only in part; incomplete:

partial

Meaning having or showing a dislike or distrust that is derived from prejudice; bigoted:

prejudiced

Translation of objective

Words that rhyme with objective

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