| Main Entry: | intend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in mind; determine |
Synonyms: |
add up, aim, appoint, aspire to, attempt, be determined, be resolved, connote, contemplate, decree, dedicate, denote, design, designate, destine, devote, endeavor, essay, expect, express, figure on, have in mind, hope to, import, indicate, look forward, mean, meditate, ordain, plan, plot, propose, purpose, reserve, resolve, scheme, set apart, set aside, signify, spell, strive, think, try |
| Main Entry: | intended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaged; destined |
Synonyms: |
accidentally on purpose, advised, affianced, aforethought, asked for, betrothed, calculated, contemplated, contracted, designed, expected, future, intentional, meant, pinned, planned, plighted, prearranged, predestined, predetermined, promised, proposed, set, steady |
| 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, depend on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, rely on, suppose, think likely, trust |
| Main Entry: | connote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply |
Synonyms: |
add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, hint at, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest |
| Notes: | denote means to make known or plainly mean, while connote means to express or state indirectly or imply |
Antonyms: |
denote |
| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; plan |
Synonyms: |
aim, aspire to, brood over, chew over, consider, cool out, deliberate, design, envisage, excogitate, expect, foresee, intend, kick around, mean, meditate on, mind, mull over, muse over, observe, percolate, perpend, ponder, propose, purpose, reflect upon, ruminate, size up, speculate, study, take in, think of, weigh |
Antonyms: |
discard, disregard, forget, neglect, scorn, slight |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
Synonyms: |
advised, aforethought, calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried, designed, designful, done on purpose, express, fixed, intended, judged, meticulous, planned, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, predetermined, premeditated, prepense, projected, provident, prudent, purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, scrupulous, studied, studious, thought out, thoughtful, voluntary, wary, weighed, willful, with forethought, witting |
Antonyms: |
chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unmethodical, unsystematic, unwitting |
| Main Entry: | denote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
Synonyms: |
add up, announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, hang sign on, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, put down for, put finger on, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify |
| Main Entry: | destine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predetermine, ordain |
Synonyms: |
allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, doom to, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, mark out, predestine, preform, preordain, purpose, reserve |
| Main Entry: | destined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound for, fated in near future |
Synonyms: |
at hand, brewing, certain, closed, coming, compelled, compulsory, condemned, designed, directed, doomed, foreordained, forthcoming, hanging over, impending, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, meant, menacing, near, ordained, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, predetermined, que sera sera, sealed, settled, stated, that is to be, that will be, threatening, to come, unavoidable, way the ball bounces |
Antonyms: |
avoidable, unscheduled |