Synonyms for meaning
ˈmi nɪŋmean·ing

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1. meaning

   Synonyms:
   signification, import, significance, purport, sense, aim

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1. meaning, significance, signification, importnoun

   the message that is intended or expressed or signified

   "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

   Synonyms:
   importee, import, consequence, moment, substance, signification, significance, importation, implication

   Antonyms:
   meaningless, nonmeaningful

2. meaning, substanceadjective

   the idea that is intended

   "What is the meaning of this proverb?"

   Synonyms:
   means, nitty-gritty, meat, import, core, inwardness, sum, subject matter, center, gist, heart and soul, content, substance, nub, signification, centre, kernel, essence, message, heart, significance, marrow, pith

   Antonyms:
   nonmeaningful, meaningless

3. meaning(a), pregnant, significantadjective

   rich in significance or implication

   "a meaning look"

   Antonyms:
   meaningless, nonmeaningful

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1. which means

   meaning they are no longer needing help

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

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1. meaningnoun

   Synonyms:
   intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, object

2. meaningnoun

   Synonyms:
   signification, sense, acceptation, explanation, interpretation

3. meaningnoun

   Synonyms:
   import, purport, significance

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1. meaningnoun

   Synonyms:
   signification, significance, import, acceptation, intent

   Associated words:
   lexicology, semasiology

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1. List of paraphrases for "meaning":

   sense, significance, direction, smell, senses, connotation, regard, feel, sens, meanings, feeling, importance, sinn, i.e., definition, effect, means, respect

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1. Graham Greene:

   Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

2. Lynn DeSanti:

   We've had two doctors that have evaluated her and, in their opinion, she is not competent to proceed, meaning that her mental health is so fragile that she can't go forward with the charges right now, it was disturbing, to say the least.

3. Madison Kohout:

   They are equal opportunity housing, meaning they do not discriminate based on age. However, it is designed for senior citizens, as that is the primary age group residing here, i am the only teenager in sight.

4. Kim Kang-won:

   They said it’s never enough even if Japan pays tens of times more, but they don’t put much meaning on compensation, they just want Japan to apologise and let more of its people know, so that there will no longer be such war crimes.

5. The French President:

   We must find a smoother transition to a lower carbon economy, because what is the meaning of our life, really, if we work and live destroying the planet while sacrificing the future of our children ?