- Having a purpose; intentional: a purposeful musician.
- Having or manifesting purpose; determined: entered the room with a purposeful look.
purposefulness pur'pose·ful·ness n.
purposeful
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pur·pose·ful (pûr'pəs-fəl)  |
adj.
purposefulness pur'pose·ful·ness n.
purposefulness pur'pose·ful·ness n.
| Thesaurus: purposeful |
adjective
- Done or said on purpose: deliberate, intended, intentional, voluntary, willful, witting. See purpose/purposelessness.
| Antonyms: purposeful |
adj
Definition: resolved to do something
Antonyms: aimless, irresolute, thoughtless, undetermined, unplanned, wanton
| Word Tutor: purposeful |
IN BRIEF: Having an aim or goal.
When you engage in systematic, purposeful action, using and stretching your abilities to the maximum, you cannot help but feel positive and confident abut yourself.
— Brian Tracy
| WordNet: purposeful |
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal
Antonym: purposeless (meaning #1)
Meaning #2:
having meaning through having an aim
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