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intentional

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of intentional

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

  • Iʼm fairly sure that your "accidental" cutting down of my rosebush was really intentional
Synonyms of intentional

conscious, deliberate, intended, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting
Words Related to intentional

designed, planned

conscious

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

premeditated, premeditative, prepense

discretionary, elective, optional, volunteer
Near Antonyms of intentional

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

casual

extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated
Antonyms of intentional

nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional

Synonym Discussion of intentional

voluntary, intentional, deliberate, willing mean done or brought about of one's own will. voluntary implies freedom and spontaneity of choice or action without external compulsion.
    • a voluntary confession
intentional stresses an awareness of an end to be achieved.
    • the intentional concealment of vital information
deliberate implies full consciousness of the nature of one's act and its consequences.
    • deliberate acts of sabotage
willing implies a readiness and eagerness to accede to or anticipate the wishes of another.
    • willing obedience

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