Synonyms of intended

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adjective

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

intended

3 of 3

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

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