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| Main Entry: | intended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaged; destined |
| Synonyms: | advised, affianced, calculated, expected, future, intentional, planned, predetermined, promised, proposed, set, steady, accidentally on purpose, aforethought, asked for, betrothed, contemplated, contracted, designed, meant, pinned, plighted, prearranged, predestined |
| Main Entry: | intend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in mind; determine |
| Synonyms: | aim, appoint, attempt, connote, contemplate, decree, dedicate, denote, design, designate, destine, devote, endeavor, essay, expect, express, import, indicate, mean, meditate, ordain, plan, plot, propose, purpose, reserve, resolve, scheme, signify, spell, strive, think, try, add up, aspire to, be determined, be resolved, figure on, have in mind, hope to, look forward, set apart, set aside |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
| Synonyms: | advised, calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried*, express, fixed, intended, meticulous, planned, predetermined, premeditated, provident, prudent, purposeful, scrupulous, studied, studious, thoughtful, voluntary, wary, willful, aforethought, designed, designful, done on purpose, judged, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, prepense, projected, purposed, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, thought out, weighed, with forethought, witting |
| Antonyms: | chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unwitting, unmethodical, unsystematic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fiancé/fiancée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged to marry |
| Synonyms: | future*, intended, steady*, affianced person, betrothed, engaged person, husband-to-be, prospective spouse, wife-to-be |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | implied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hinted at |
| Synonyms: | constructive, hidden, implicit, indicated, indicative, indirect, inferential, inherent, intended, involved, latent, lurking, occult, parallel, perceptible, potential, suggested, tacit, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, adumbrated, alluded to, allusive, connoted, figured, foreshadowed, inferred, insinuated, meant, significative, signified, symbolized, tacitly assumed, undeclared, unuttered, wordless |
| Antonyms: | stated, explicated, expressed |
| Main Entry: | intentional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deliberate |
| Synonyms: | advised, calculated, considered, intended, planned, premeditated, proposed, studied, voluntary, willful, willing, aforethought, designed, designful, done on purpose, meant, meditated, prearranged, purposed, unforced, witting |
| Antonyms: | accidental, unintentional, unplanned |
| Main Entry: | knowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, aware |
| Synonyms: | alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool*, crack*, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophisticated, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise, percipient, sophic, tuned-in, with-it, witting |
| Antonyms: | inexperienced, unaware, unknowing, uncognizant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prospective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipated, potential |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, considered, destined, eventual, expected, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, intended, likely, planned, possible, promised, proposed, about to be, awaited, hoped-for, looked-for, soon-to-be, to be, to come |
| Notes: | perspective is a way of regarding situations or topics or a mental view or the state of one's ideas; prospective means concerned with or related to the future |
| Antonyms: | agreed, concurred |
| Main Entry: | voluntary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing |
| Synonyms: | autonomous, chosen, deliberate, elected, free, freely, gratuitous, honorary, independent, intended, intentional, optional, spontaneous, unasked, unpaid, volitional, volunteer, willful, designful, discretional, free-willed, opted, unbidden, uncompelled, unconstrained, unforced, unprescribed, willed, wished, witting |
| Antonyms: | forced, involuntary, obligatory, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | aimed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proposed |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, calculated, directed, intended, marked, planned, designed, steered |
| Main Entry: | fashioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | molded |
| Synonyms: | intended, formed, shaped |
| Main Entry: | fiancée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marrier |
| Synonyms: | affianced, future, intended, old lady, old man, steady, betrothed, engaged person, fiancé, husband-to-be, prospective spouse, wife-to-be |
| Main Entry: | proposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | projected |
| Synonyms: | advanced, advised, considered, contingent, determined, expected, intended, moved, planned, pressed, prospective, recommended, suggested, urged, volunteered, arranged, contemplated, designed, proffered, purposed, scheduled, schemed, submitted |
| Main Entry: | destined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound for, fated in near future |
| Synonyms: | at hand, certain, closed, coming, compulsory, directed, doomed, forthcoming, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, menacing, near, ordained, predetermined, que sera sera*, sealed, settled, stated, threatening, unavoidable, brewing, compelled, condemned, designed, foreordained, hanging over, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, meant, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, that is to be, that will be, to come, way the ball bounces |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, unscheduled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promised to be married |
| Synonyms: | affianced, asked for, betrothed, bound, committed, contracted, future, given one's word, going steady, hooked*, intended, matched, pinned, pledged, plighted, ringed, spoken for, steady |
| Antonyms: | available, uninvolved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, precise |
| Synonyms: | accurate, categorical, clean-cut*, clear, clear-cut, considered, definite, definitive, deliberate, direct, distinct, especial, exact, explicit, individual, intended, intentional, out-and-out*, outright, particular, plain, pointed, premeditated, set, singular, special, specific, unambiguous, unconditional, unmistakable, unqualified, uttered, voiced, voluntary, willing, designful, expressed, witting |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, obscure, uncertain, vague, imprecise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | willful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | voluntary |
| Synonyms: | conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, purposeful, studied, volitional, willing, contemplated, designed, unforced, willed, witting |
| Antonyms: | involuntary, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | calculated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deliberately planned |
| Synonyms: | deliberate, intended, planned, premeditated, designed |
| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan on |
| Synonyms: | aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, suppose, trust, depend on, rely on, think likely |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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