purposive

Synonyms

conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, knowing, purposeful, set, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting;

Antonyms

nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional;

Near Antonyms

inadvertent, unwitting;

accidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, random;

aimless, desultory, purposeless;

abrupt, impetuous, sudden;

coerced, forced, involuntary;

compulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required;

extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated;

Related Words

designed, planned;

conscious;

advised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighed;

premeditated, premeditative, prepense;

discretionary, elective, optional, volunteer;