Definitions:

1. A goal or purpose. NOUN
   • The institute was opened with the object of promoting scientific study.
2. A material thing that can be seen and touched. NOUN
   • She placed the object on the table.
3. A person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed. NOUN
   • Disease became the object of investigation.
4. Anything that is perceived or thought about. NOUN
   • In "I think of a tree", the tree is the object of thought.
5. The part of a sentence that received the action of the verb. NOUN
   • "She threw the ball" - "ball" is the direct object.
6. To express or feel disapproval, disagreement, or opposition to something. VERB
   • I object to that decision.

Synonyms:

• aim
• article
• focus
• item
• objective
• physical object
• protest against
• purpose
• target
• thing

NearBy Words:

• objectification
• objectify
• objection
• objectionable
• objectionableness
• objectionably
• objective
• objectively
• objectiveness
• objectivity
• objector