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purposeful |
Grep of noun purposeful purposefulness 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") Antonyms of adj purposeful 2 senses of purposeful Sense 1 purposeful (vs. purposeless) purposeless (vs. purposeful) => adrift(prenominal), afloat(prenominal), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected => desultory Sense 2 purposeful INDIRECT (VIA meaningful) -> meaningless Similarity of adj purposeful 2 senses of purposeful Sense 1 purposeful (vs. purposeless) => businesslike, earnest => goal-directed, purposive => leading => purpose-built, purpose-made Also See-> meaningful#1; resolute#1 Sense 2 purposeful => meaningful (vs. meaningless) Attributes of adj purposeful Familiarity of adj purposeful purposeful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj purposeful 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")
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