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| Main Entry: | intent/intention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose |
| Synonyms: | animus, bottom line*, design, desire, drift, end, goal, heart, hope, idea, import, meaning, meat*, name of the game*, nature, notion, nub, nuts and bolts*, object, objective, plan, point, project, purport, scheme, score, sense, significance, target, understanding, volition, will, wish, acceptation, conation, intendment, significancy, signification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo animo; project [more]; undertaking [more]; predetermination [more]; design, ambition., contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; lookout., final cause; raison detre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift (meaning) [more]; tendency [more]; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain; prey, quarry, game., decision, determination, resolve; fixed purpose, set purpose, settled purpose; ultimatum; resolution [more]; wish [more]; arriere pensee; motive [more]., [Study of final causes] teleology.
-verbs
intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in-petto; have an eye to., bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to., take upon oneself (undertake) [more]; take into one's head; meditate, contemplate, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate [more]; compass, calculate; destine, destinate; propose., project (plan) [more]; have a mind to (be willing) [more]; desire [more]; pursue [more].
-adjectives
-adverbs
intentionally; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent; deliberately (with premeditation) [more]; with one's eyes open, in cold blood., for; with a view, with an eye to; in order to, in order that; to the end that, with the intent that; for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of., in pursuance of, pursuant to; quo animo; to all intents and purposes.
-phrases
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" [Johnson]; sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Horace].
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| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal |
| Synonyms: | ambition, aspiration, course, design, desire, direction, end, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, scheme, target, wish, desideratum, where one is heading |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, neglect, thoughtlessness, aimlessness, purposelessness |
| Main Entry: | concoction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, blend |
| Synonyms: | brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution |
| Main Entry: | destination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal; place one wants to go |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, design, end, harbor, haven, intention, journey's end, landing-place, object, objective, purpose, resting-place, station, stop, target, terminal, terminus |
| Antonyms: | beginning, source, start |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, break*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, cup, design, doom, expectation, finality, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, prospect, serendipity, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, breaks, constellation, course of events, divine decree, foreordination, inevitability, predetermination, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, exertion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease*, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try*, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug*, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains |
| Antonyms: | hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, anticipation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, assumption, assurance, calculation, chance, confidence, conjecture, design, expectancy, fear, forecast, hope, intention, likelihood, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward |
| Main Entry: | free will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free choice |
| Synonyms: | assent, choice, conation, consent, desire, determination, discretion, free choice, free decision, freedom, inclination, intention, mind, one's discretion, one's own choice, one's own will, option, own say so, own sweet way, person's full intent and purpose, pleasure, power, say so, velleity, volition, voluntary decision, willingness, wish |
| Antonyms: | responsibility |
| Main Entry: | goal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose of an action |
| Synonyms: | ambition, design, destination, duty, end, intent, intention, limit, mark, mission, object, objective, target, use, zero*, ground zero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something understood, planned, or |
| Synonyms: | aim, approximation, belief, brainstorm*, clue, concept, conception, conclusion, conviction, design, doctrine, end, essence, estimate, fancy, feeling, flash*, form, guess, hint, hypothesis, import, impression, inkling, intention, interpretation, intimation, judgment, meaning, notion, object, objective, opinion, pattern, perception, plan, purpose, reason, scheme, sense, significance, solution, suggestion, suspicion, teaching, theory, thought, understanding, view, viewpoint, believed abstraction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | motive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, purpose |
| Synonyms: | aim, antecedent, basis, cause, consideration, design, drive, emotion, end, feeling, grounds, idea, impulse, incentive, incitement, inducement, influence, inspiration, intent, intention, motivation, object, occasion, passion, rationale, root, spring, spur, stimulus, thinking, determinant, mainspring |
| Antonyms: | deterrent, discouragement, hindrance |
| Main Entry: | objective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, goal |
| Synonyms: | ambition, aspiration, design, end, intention, mark, mission, object, purpose, target, zero*, end in view, ground zero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undertaking, work |
| Synonyms: | activity, adventure, affair, aim, assignment, baby*, blueprint*, business, concern, deal, design, enterprise, exploit, feat, game plan, intention, job, matter, occupation, outline, pet*, plan, program, proposal, proposition, scheme, setup, strategy, task, thing*, venture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, implication |
| Synonyms: | aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, acceptation, intendment, significancy, signification |
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, determination |
| Synonyms: | boldness, conclusion, courage, design, earnestness, firmness, intention, objective, project, purpose, resolution, undertaking, will, willpower, decidedness, fixed purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | indecision, question, wavering |
| Main Entry: | wish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | ambition, aspiration, choice, disposition, hankering, hope, hunger, inclination, intention, invocation, itch, liking, longing, pleasure, prayer, preference, request, thirst, urge, want, whim, will, yearning, yen |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | contemplation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep thought; planning |
| Synonyms: | ambition, cogitation, consideration, deliberation, design, intention, meditation, musing, plan, purpose, reflection, reverie, study, pondering, rumination |
| Antonyms: | disdain, disregard, neglect, rejection, slight |
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning |
| Synonyms: | bearing, bottom line*, construction, drift*, gist*, heart*, implication, intention, interpretation, meat*, message, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, point, punch line*, purport, score*, sense, significance, stuff*, thrust, understanding, acceptation, intendment, nature of beast, significancy, signification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme, design, way of doing things |
| Synonyms: | aim, angle, animus, arrangement, big picture*, contrivance, deal, device, disposition, expedient, game plan, gimmick, idea, intent, intention, layout, machination, meaning, means, method, outline, pattern, picture, platform, plot, policy, procedure, program, project, projection, proposal, proposition, purpose, scenario, stratagem, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, treatment, trick, undertaking, course of action, ground plan, orderliness |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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