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Synonyms for purposeful
ˈpɜr pəs fəlpur·pose·ful

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  1. purposefuladjective

    Synonyms:
    focused, nose to the grindstone, determined

  2. purposefuladjective

    Having purpose; intentional.

    Synonyms:
    determined, nose to the grindstone, focused

  3. purposefuladjective

    Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.

    Synonyms:
    nose to the grindstone, focused, determined

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. purposefuladjective

    serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

    Antonyms:
    rudderless, afloat(p), meaningless, adrift(p), nonmeaningful, desultory, directionless, planless, purposeless, undirected, aimless

  2. purposefuladjective

    having meaning through having an aim

    "led a happy purposeful life"

    Antonyms:
    desultory, rudderless, aimless, adrift(p), meaningless, nonmeaningful, undirected, directionless, planless, purposeless, afloat(p)

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "purposeful":

    targeted, intentional, deliberate, meaningful, voluntarist

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#2328determined
#3693focused
#5667targeted
#8204meaningful
#15634deliberate
#16556intentional
#37128purposeful

How to use purposeful in a sentence?

  1. APJ Abdul Kalam:

    When learning something becomes purposeful for us, our creativity blossoms.

  2. Euan Graham:

    That’s the level of sophistication – it looks like a strike package, and that’s part of the step up in pressure, this is not a couple of fighters coming close and then going straight back after putting one wing across the median; this is a much more purposeful maneuver.

  3. Lisa Haisha:

    SoulBlazing is a practice for blazing through your emotional baggage so that you can live a more purposeful life that’s aligned with your Authentic Self.

  4. Labor Department:

    Today's report continues to reflect the purposeful sacrifice being made by America's workers and their families to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

  5. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    Vision sees the stars; mission carves the path to reach them. Vision without a purposeful mission is a ship without a compass, drifting aimlessly in the sea of aspirations.


Translations for purposeful

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  • útilSpanish
  • opzettelijk, vastberadenDutch
  • решительный, целенаправленный, целеустремлённый, умышленныйRussian

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