goal

Noun

• a successful attempt at scoring
  • the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play
    

• game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points

• the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
  • a crowd assembled at the finish
    
  • he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view
    

• the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
  • the ends justify the means
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  finish , destination , end