Synonyms of intent

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noun (1)

1

as in purpose

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purpose
• intention
• goal
• plan
• aim
• objective
• idea
• object
• ambition
• thing
• dream
• meaning
• target
• aspiration
• design
• point
• ideal
• end
• mark
• name of the game
• project
• bourne
• hope
• bourn
• pretension
• desire
• mind
• scheme
• wish
• plot
• destination
• holy grail
• grail
• terminus
• nirvana

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• means
• way
• method

2

as in intention

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 & Similar Words

• intention
• meaning
• sense
• content
• significance
• import
• definition
• theme
• implication
• message
• connotation
• drift
• nature
• purport
• signification
• indication
• denotation
• suggestion
• essence
• motive
• topic
• tenor
• spirit
• clue
• hint
• stuff
• cue
• acceptance
• subject
• soul
• heart
• intimation
• burden
• question
• matter
• inkling
• core
• bottom
• point
• kernel
• marrow
• nucleus
• essentiality
• gist
• motif
• crux
• acceptation
• pith
• quick
• nub

intent

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adjective

1

as in resolute

fully committed to achieving a goal

intent on finishing her sculpture in time for the group show

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resolute
• determined
• decisive
• positive
• out
• purposeful
• confident
• firm
• bound
• single-minded
• resolved
• adamant
• serious
• bent (on or upon)
• set
• do-or-die
• hell-bent (on or upon)
• willful
• certain
• sure
• earnest
• vehement
• persistent
• on one's mettle
• unswerving
• wilful
• unwavering
• steady
• hardened
• stubborn
• bitter
• unhesitating
• unrelenting
• uncompromising
• unfaltering
• cocksure
• implacable
• unbending
• perverse
• tenacious
• unyielding
• obdurate
• pertinacious
• hard
• mulish
• immovable
• adamantine
• rigid
• inflexible
• pigheaded
• headstrong
• dogged
• hardheaded
• self-willed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hesitant
• unresolved
• undetermined
• uncertain
• doubtful
• indecisive
• unsure
• faltering
• irresolute
• suspicious
• dubious
• skeptical
• wavering
• reluctant
• unconvinced
• undecided
• distrustful
• unsettled
• vacillating
• mistrustful
• loath
• weak-kneed
• loth
• indisposed
• disinclined
• loathe

2

as in focused

having the mind fixed on something

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• focused
• interested
• immersed
• absorbed
• all ears
• attentive
• rapt
• deep
• engaged
• observant
• engrossed
• enthralled
• focussed
• involved
• intrigued
• conscious
• watchful
• alert
• alive
• hypnotized
• wide-awake
• mesmerized
• open-eyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• absent
• inattentive
• distracted
• unfocused
• oblivious
• abstracted
• absentminded
• unabsorbed
• remote
• preoccupied
• dreamy
• hazy
• lost
• foggy
• unfocussed
• disinterested
• uninterested
• inobservant
• apathetic
• daydreaming
• faraway

intentness

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noun (2)

as in earnestness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling

studied the dance steps with obvious intentness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earnestness
• gravity
• earnest
• seriousness
• solemnity
• solemnness
• decisiveness
• purposefulness
• attentiveness
• intensity
• soberness
• graveness
• staidness
• sobriety
• deliberation
• resoluteness
• determination
• concentration
• serious-mindedness
• resolve
• immersion
• gravitas
• humorlessness
• absorption
• engrossment
• firmness
• enthrallment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lightness
• levity
• flippancy
• frivolousness
• frivolity
• facetiousness
• flightiness
• lightheartedness
• play
• lightness
• superficiality
• shallowness
• unseriousness
• dilettantism
• cheerfulness
• mirth
• gayety
• gaiety
• dalliance
• glee
• merriment
• high-spiritedness