Synonyms of intended

intended 1 of 3

adjective

in-ˈten-dəd 

as in deliberate

made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing

you may feign innocence, but I know that that last remark was an intended dig

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deliberate
• voluntary
• conscious
• willed
• intentional
• willful
• planned
• purposeful
• designed
• knowing
• purposive
• calculated
• set
• witting
• considered
• advised
• reasoned
• thoughtful
• weighed
• optional
• studied
• premeditated
• measured
• volunteer
• elective
• discretionary
• premeditative
• prepense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unintentional
• inadvertent
• chance
• unwitting
• incidental
• accidental
• random
• necessary
• haphazard
• sudden
• nondeliberate
• required
• aimless
• forced
• purposeless
• mandatory
• abrupt
• desultory
• nonpurposive
• compulsory
• impetuous
• ordered
• obligatory
• involuntary
• hit-or-miss
• spontaneous
• casual
• impromptu
• instinctive
• coerced
• impulsive
• extemporaneous
• nonelective
• unpremeditated
• unforced

intended

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noun

as in lover

the person to whom one is engaged to be married

after a bit of bickering, she and her intended have finally picked out a wedding site

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lover
• boyfriend
• girlfriend
• fellow
• fiancée
• fiancé
• beloved
• betrothed
• steady
• sweetie
• groom
• flame
• sweet
• dear
• favorite
• bride
• love
• admirer
• beau
• sweetheart
• darling
• honey
• valentine
• sweetie pie
• swain

intended

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verb

past tense of intend

1

as in planned

to have in mind as a purpose or goal

an aspiring entrepreneur who intends to revolutionize the biotech industry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planned
• meant
• aimed
• hoped
• designed
• contemplated
• proposed
• looked
• tried
• went
• wished
• calculated
• attempted
• allowed
• purported
• purposed
• aspired
• considered
• meditated
• figured on
• dreamed
• plotted
• struggled
• endeavored
• accomplished
• debated
• achieved
• performed
• effected
• executed
• pondered
• strove
• mulled (over)
• schemed

2

as in meant

to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind

lawyers for both sides argued for days about what was intended by a particular phrase in the law

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meant
• signified
• implied
• denoted
• indicated
• spelled
• imported
• expressed
• suggested
• inferred
• explained
• represented
• specified
• mentioned
• symbolized
• hinted
• intimated
• announced
• referred (to)
• embodied
• cited
• amounted (to)
• connoted
• pointed (to)
• alluded (to)
• touched (on or upon)
• signaled
• personified
• designated
• added up (to)
• proclaimed
• insinuated
• epitomized
• adverted
• elucidated
• declared
• symboled
• instanced

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intended

Adjective

There's an intended fence on top of the K-rail; people will cut the K-rail. — Laurie Perez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

The other three participants, Maren-Go, Hendrick’s Motorsports and HDT, have not publicly disclosed their intended ILTM vehicles. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

Noun

Once the intendeds did tie the knot, their love deepened into a lifetime of devotion and admiration. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026

Verb

Then there’s Baicapil, a blend of baikal skullcap (a flowering plant native to East Asia), wheat germ, and soybean germ extracts intended to encourage a healthy hair-growth cycle. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026

Venezuela’s oil production has jumped under Washington’s custodianship, though questions abound about where those profits, which were intended to help rebuild the country, have ended up. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026