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purposeful
Overview of adj purposeful
The adj purposeful has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) purposeful -- (serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal)
2. purposeful -- (having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life")
Grep of noun purposeful
purposefulness
Antonyms of adj purposeful
2 senses of purposeful
Sense 1
purposeful (vs. purposeless)
purposeless (vs. purposeful)
=> adrift(predicate), afloat(predicate), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
=> desultory
Sense 2
purposeful
INDIRECT (VIA meaningful) -> meaningless, nonmeaningful
Similarity of adj purposeful
2 senses of purposeful
Sense 1
purposeful (vs. purposeless)
=> businesslike, earnest
=> goal-directed, purposive
=> purpose-built, purpose-made
Also See> meaningful#1; resolute#1
Sense 2
purposeful
=> meaningful (vs. meaningless)
Pertainyms of adj purposeful
Attributes of adj purposeful
Domain of adj purposeful
Domain Terms of adj purposeful
Familiarity of adj purposeful
purposeful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj purposeful
purposeful
Grep of adv purposeful
purposefully
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