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intent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of intent

1 fully committed to achieving a goal

intent on finishing her sculpture in time for the group show

Synonyms of intent

bent (on or upon), bound, decisive, determined, do-or-die, firm, hell-bent (on or upon), out, purposeful, resolute, resolved, set, single-minded

Words Related to intent

bitter, vehement

certain, cocksure, confident, positive, sure

earnest, serious

steady, unfaltering, unhesitating, unswerving, unwavering

adamant, adamantine, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)

Phrases Synonymous with intent

on one's mettle

Near Antonyms of intent

distrustful, doubtful, dubious, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unsettled, unsure

disinclined, indisposed, loath (also loth), reluctant

Antonyms of intent

faltering, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, undetermined, unresolved, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed

2 having the mind fixed on something

he was so intent on his work that he didn't hear the dog bark

Synonyms of intent

absorbed, attentive, deep, engrossed, enthralled, focused (also focussed), immersed, observant, rapt

Words Related to intent

engaged, interested, intrigued, involved

hypnotized, mesmerized

alert, alive, conscious, open-eyed, watchful, wide-awake

Phrases Synonymous with intent

Near Antonyms of intent

daydreaming, dreamy, faraway, foggy, hazy, lost, oblivious, preoccupied, remote

apathetic, disinterested, uninterested

Antonyms of intent

absent, absentminded, abstracted, distracted, inattentive, inobservant, unabsorbed, unfocused (also unfocussed)

intent

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of intent

1 something that one hopes or intends to accomplish

I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings; that wasn't my intent

Synonyms of intent

aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne (also bourn), design, dream, end, goal, idea, ideal, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, plan, point, pretension, purpose, target, thing

Words Related to intent

grail, holy grail

plot, project, scheme

desire, hope, mind, wish

destination, terminus

Phrases Synonymous with intent

name of the game

Near Antonyms of intent

means, method, way

2 the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action

the wording was a little unclear, but I think I grasped the intent

Synonyms of intent

content, denotation, drift, import, intention, meaning, purport, sense, significance, signification

Words Related to intent

clue, cue, hint, implication, indication, inkling, intimation, suggestion

message, tenor, theme

bottom, essence, essentiality, nature, soul, spirit, stuff

acceptance, acceptation, definition

burden, crux, gist

core, heart, kernel, marrow, nub, nucleus, pith, point, quick

matter, motif, motive, question, subject, topic

Synonym Discussion of intent

intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, end, object, objective, goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain. intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about.

- announced his intention to marry

intent suggests clearer formulation or greater deliberateness.

- the clear intent of the statute

purpose suggests a more settled determination.

- being successful was her purpose in life

design implies a more carefully calculated plan.

- the order of events came by accident, not design

aim adds to these implications of effort directed toward attaining or accomplishing.

- her aim was to raise film to an art form

end stresses the intended effect of action often in distinction or contrast to the action or means as such.

- willing to use any means to achieve his end

object may equal end but more often applies to a more individually determined wish or need.

- his constant object was the achievement of pleasure

objective implies something tangible and immediately attainable.

- their objective is to seize the oil fields

goal suggests something attained only by prolonged effort and hardship.

- worked years to reach her goals

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