- calculated
- deliberate
- determined
- intense
- persistent
- resolute
- strong-willed
- be out for blood
- bent
- bound
- dead set on
- decided
- firm
- fixed
- intent
- mean business
- obstinate
- playing hard ball
- positive
- purposive
- settled
- single-minded
- stalwart
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- stubborn
- telelogical
- tenacious
- undeviating
- unfaltering
- unwavering
On this page you’ll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to purposeful, such as: calculated, deliberate, determined, intense, persistent, and resolute.
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How to use purposeful in a sentence
The sound of that quiet, purposeful hiss of the steam sent a thrill along the nerves.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRD
It’s a good House—good boys—manly, self-reliant, purposeful.
THE VARMINTOWEN JOHNSON
Certainly, too, much of savage marriage law is of ancient and purposeful institution.
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WORDS RELATED TO PURPOSEFUL
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- scrupulous
- studied
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- thought-out
- thoughtful
- voluntary
- wary
- weighed
- willful
- with forethought
- witting
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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 -
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)
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Eric Hovland:
It’s flipping and tossing around, it looks like it’s even been roped by the tail. I mean this just wasn’t hooked on a line and accidentally dragged. This was purposeful and tragic.
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Garry Tew:
The health benefits of less time spent sitting depend on what you replace the sitting time with, for example, standing, light movement, moderate activity, vigorous activity, in my opinion, standing is probably only marginally better than sitting, and. . . moderate-to-vigorous purposeful exercise is a much better strategy for improving general fitness and health.
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Laurie Hyland Robertson:
Yogic philosophy teaches that the body, mind and spirit are all interconnected — what you do in one area, for example, a physical exercise to strengthen your leg muscles, will have an effect in all of the other areas of your system, so we can expect that leg exercise, especially when you approach it in a mindful, purposeful way, to affect not only your quadriceps but also your emotional state, your body’s physiology and even your mental outlook.
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Sarah Palin:
Trump is the candidate giving voice to untold millions of fed-up Americans witnessing a purposeful destruction of our economy and the equal opportunity for success that made America exceptional, we’re watching career politicians throw away our kids’ future through bankrupting public budgets and ripping open our porous borders which, obvious to all us non-politicians, puts us at great risk.
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Manmohan Singh:
In the hands of a purposeful government, this could be an opportunity to step up investment in the economy in a big way.
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decided, deliberate, determined, firm, fixed, immovable, positive, resolute, resolved, settled, single-minded, steadfast, strong-willed, tenacious, unfaltering
Antonyms
aimless, faltering, irresolute, otiose, purposeless, undecided, undetermined, vacillating, wavering
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purposeful
If someone is purposeful, they show that they have a definite aim and a strong desire to achieve it. adj
(Antonym: casual)
She had a purposeful air, and it became evident that this was not a casual visit.
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purposefully adv usu ADV with v (Antonym: casually)
He strode purposefully towards the barn.
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