objective
adjective
1. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
- an objective appraisal
- objective evidence
Similar word(s): clinical, impersonal, neutral, verifiable, nonsubjective
2. serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
- objective case
Similar word(s): accusative
3. emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation
- objective art
Similar word(s): existent, real
4. belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events
- objective benefits
- an objective example
- there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind
Similar word(s): concrete
noun
1. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- the sole object of her trip was to see her children
Similar word(s): aim, object, target
Definition categories: thought, end, goal
2. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed