Synonyms for purposeful
ˈpɜr pəs fəlpur·pose·ful

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1. purposefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   focused, nose to the grindstone, determined

2. purposefuladjective

   Having purpose; intentional.

   Synonyms:
   determined, nose to the grindstone, focused

3. purposefuladjective

   Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.

   Synonyms:
   nose to the grindstone, focused, determined

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1. purposefuladjective

   serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

   Antonyms:
   rudderless, afloat(p), meaningless, adrift(p), nonmeaningful, desultory, directionless, planless, purposeless, undirected, aimless

2. purposefuladjective

   having meaning through having an aim

   "led a happy purposeful life"

   Antonyms:
   desultory, rudderless, aimless, adrift(p), meaningless, nonmeaningful, undirected, directionless, planless, purposeless, afloat(p)

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1. List of paraphrases for "purposeful":

   targeted, intentional, deliberate, meaningful, voluntarist

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1. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Vision without a purposeful mission is a ship without a compass, drifting aimlessly in the sea of aspirations.

2. Garry Tew:

   The health benefits of less time spent sitting depend on what you replace the sitting time with, for example, standing, light movement, moderate activity, vigorous activity, in my opinion, standing is probably only marginally better than sitting, and. . . moderate-to-vigorous purposeful exercise is a much better strategy for improving general fitness and health.

3. Eric Hovland:

   It’s flipping and tossing around, it looks like it’s even been roped by the tail. I mean this just wasn’t hooked on a line and accidentally dragged. This was purposeful and tragic.

4. Queensland Police Commissioner Katrina Carroll:

   Some of the fires have involved children playing and obviously the consequences are dire as a result of that and ... some of them have been purposeful and malicious, people can die. Buildings and residences are being destroyed.

5. Sarah Clark:

   My hope is a poll like this causes some parents to stop and think about,' Are we being purposeful about teaching our kids how to be grateful ?'.