INTENTS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

intents

noun

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plural of intent

as in purposes

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings; that wasn't my intent

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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

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Recent Examples of intents Steve Kerr’s contract is, for all intents and purposes, history. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026 Chicago made one more move Saturday signaling its intents to win this season, trading away a 2028 first-round pick for Jacy Sheldon. —

Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026 So much of her take on this artist in perpetual waiting revolves around sizing situations up, keeping cards close to vests, masking intents, letting tiny ripples in deceptively placid surfaces stand in for big displays. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026 For all intents and purposes, the playoffs have begun. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026 Grace’s victory has prompted a new contest for the high seat of the council, which comes with a nifty sigil ring and the ability to, for all intents and purposes, rule the world. —

Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026 The Iranian navy, never impressive, is for all intents and purposes defunct. —

Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 Doors that at a glance appeared to be open were for all intents and purposes closed to them. —

Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026 Sánchez Bezos, who, for all intents and purposes, is perhaps somewhat of a neo-Melania—the woman who married the ultimate billionaire du jour—has also graced a Vogue cover in her wedding dress. —

José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026

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Princess Elizabeth and her family toured the Sandringham Park grounds, which were being used for agricultural purposes to contribute to the war efforts, in August 1943.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026