Synonyms of intentionally

intentionally

adverb

in-ˈten(t)-shə-nᵊl-ē 

as in deliberately

with full awareness of what one is doing

the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deliberately
• purposely
• purposefully
• willfully
• knowingly
• consciously
• voluntarily
• purposively
• on purpose
• designedly
• willingly
• wittingly
• advisedly
• calculatedly
• studiedly
• premeditatedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inadvertently
• unconsciously
• accidentally
• unintentionally
• unwittingly
• incidentally
• randomly
• unknowingly
• involuntarily
• spontaneously
• instinctively
• haphazardly
• unwillingly
• impulsively

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intentionally

Police believe the bags were left intentionally to look suspicious, Anderson said, and are looking for whomever was responsible. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Plus, even if a company isn’t intentionally using your data to train their models, one of their many agents could always go rogue, infiltrating company data and hoovering up individual users’ conversations with their chatbots. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026

The Brewers had a runner on third with one out in the sixth when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts intentionally walked Brice Turang to set up a possible double play. — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

According to police, witnesses said a man got into a Jeep and then intentionally crashed into two vehicles. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026