Thesaurus / bourn
FEEDBACKsynonyms for bourn
synonyms for bourn
- ambition
- aspiration
- desire
- determination
- direction
- function
- goal
- idea
- intent
- objective
- plan
- principle
- project
- reason
- scheme
- scope
- target
- view
- wish
- animus
- calculation
- design
- destination
- dream
- drift
- end
- expectation
- hope
- mecca
- mission
- object
- point
- premeditation
- proposal
- proposition
- prospect
- resolve
- will
- big idea
- intendment
- ulterior motive
- whatfor
- where one's headed
- whole idea
- why and wherefore
- whyfor
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use bourn in a sentence
Now, it is pretty widely known that no uglier river oozes down to its bourn in the sea through unwholesome banks of low mud.
JOHN BULL ON THE GUADALQUIVIRANTHONY TROLLOPEMr. Bourn was succeeded by the Rev. John Hoyle, who was minister for seventeen years.
A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF NORWICHA. D. BAYNEBut Du Meresq would be sucked down in the blue lake, and travel to that bourn alone.
BLUEBELLMRS. GEORGE CROFT HUDDLESTONMilton in Comus uses bosky bourn in the same sense perhaps with Shakespeare.
NOTES TO SHAKESPEARE, VOLUME III: THE TRAGEDIESSAMUEL JOHNSONShakespeare: "That undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns."
DEFENSE OF THE FAITH AND THE SAINTS (VOLUME 1 OF 2)B. H. ROBERTSFranklin beheld one flash forth from the cloud, and he traced the lightnings to their bourn.
CAXTON'S BOOK: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, POEMS, TALES, AND SKETCHES.W. H. RHODESMost of Shakspere's tragedies compel our thoughts to follow their persons across the bourn.
A DISH OF ORTSGEORGE MACDONALDAn illness which has long hung about me, in all probability will speedily send me beyond that bourn whence no traveller returns.
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS: CONTAINING HIS POEMS, SONGS, AND CORRESPONDENCE.ROBERT BURNS AND ALLAN CUNNINGHAMThe blue flowers on the green, the lilacs in Widow Bourn's garden.
THE DEBATABLE LANDARTHUR COLTONA neighbor or two had sat up with Widow Bourn to prevent her worrying.
THE DEBATABLE LANDARTHUR COLTONWORDS RELATED TO BOURN
- ambition
- animus
- aspiration
- big idea
- bourn
- calculation
- design
- desire
- destination
- determination
- direction
- dream
- drift
- end
- expectation
- function
- goal
- hope
- idea
- intendment
- intent
- mecca
- mission
- object
- objective
- plan
- point
- premeditation
- principle
- project
- proposal
- proposition
- prospect
- reason
- resolve
- scheme
- scope
- target
- ulterior motive
- view
- whatfor
- where one's headed
- whole idea
- why and wherefore
- whyfor
- will
- wish
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.