dead on target

1. 1.

   accurately placed or thrown

   “his aim was true”

   “he was dead on target”

   Synonymstrue

   Similaraccurate

Questions about dead on target

What does dead on target mean?

dead on target means "accurately placed or thrown".

What is another word for dead on target?

Close synonyms include true. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dead on target a common word?

dead on target is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.