Synonyms for Aiming:
v.
•endeavoring (verb)performing, undertaking, contracting, Venturing, exploiting, proceeding, Attempting, Committing, engaging, Endeavoring, acting, Assaying, approaching, Maneuvering, Volunteering.
•heading (verb)
fixing, heading, steering, bearing, vectoring.
•intending (verb)
scheming, planning, meaning, Expecting, Intending, resolving, Considering, Minding, Choosing, Proposing, wishing.
•planning (verb)
Anticipating, coordinating, arranging, Conceiving, Contriving, designing, charting, Premeditating, Plotting, blueprinting, Inventing.
•pursuing (verb)
pursuing, hunting, striving, seeking, tracking, questing, dogging, aspiring, following, trailing, Chasing, Harrying, searching, sleuthing, stalking, tailing.
Usage examples for Aiming
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Gordon brought his up the extra half inch, aiming by the feel, and pulled the trigger. – Police Your Planet by Lester del Rey
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Aiming at the foremost I fired twice at the advancing assailants. – Blindfolded by Earle Ashley Walcott
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While we are apparently aiming at definitions of terms, our attention should be really fixed on distinctions and relations of fact. – Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto