| object | (noun) a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow | Synonyms: physical object |
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| (noun) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | Synonyms: aim, objective, target |
| (noun) the focus of cognitions or feelings | - |
| (noun) (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer | - |
| (noun) (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon | - |
| (verb) express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent | - |
| (verb) be averse to or express disapproval of | - |
| objectification | (noun) the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing | - |
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| (noun) a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle | - |
| objectify | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, depersonalize |
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| (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize |
| objection | (noun) (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality | - |
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| (noun) the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | Synonyms: dissent, protest |
| (noun) the speech act of objecting | - |
| (noun) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | Synonyms: expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration |
| objectionable | (adjective) causing disapproval or protest | Synonyms: obnoxious |
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| (adjective) liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to | Synonyms: exceptionable |
| objectionableness | (noun) the quality of being hateful | Synonyms: hatefulness, obnoxiousness |
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| objectionably | (adverb) in an obnoxious manner | Synonyms: obnoxiously, offensively |
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| objective | (adjective) undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena | Synonyms: nonsubjective |
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| (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | Synonyms: accusative |
| (adjective) belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events | - |
| (adjective) emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation | - |
| (noun) the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed | Synonyms: object glass, object lens, objective lens |
| (noun) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | Synonyms: aim, object, target |
| objectively | (adverb) with objectivity | - |
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| objectiveness | (noun) judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices | Synonyms: objectivity |
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| objectivity | (noun) judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices | Synonyms: objectiveness |
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| objectivization | (noun) the act or process of making or becoming objective. | - |
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| objector | (noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, dissident, protester |
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