INTENTS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

intents

noun

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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as in senses

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 Sea turtles now nest on the secluded sandy beach that’s for all intents and purposes private, save for villagers occasionally visiting the small oceanfront temple for ceremonies. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026 For all intents and purposes, my genetic disorder is a breeze to deal with. — Megan Mostyn-Brown, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026 For Abbott and for Ken Paxton, who beat Cornyn in an eye-gouging, rabbit-punching Republican Senate primary, the answer was, for all intents, the latter. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 That means moving past runbooks that describe how a human should investigate a problem, toward network intents that describe the state the network is supposed to be in. — Song Pang, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 But ProPublica and The Post found that Richardson was, for all intents and purposes, still in charge of the club, a violation of his suspension. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 20 Aug. 2026 For all intents and purposes, an unknown actor can wade unburdened into the depths of Bond, able to transform without a viewer’s prior expectation tainting the image of 007. — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 Dadiet, for all intents and purposes, is entering a contract year. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026 For all intents and purposes, this is a team that should not exist. — Arminka Helic, Time, 30 June 2026

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Noun

No student information is to be disclosed for immigration enforcement purposes without a court order or subpoena, according to state law.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Other independents in the Senate, including Maine's Angus King on the moderate end and Vermont's Bernie Sanders on the left, caucus with Democrats for organizational purposes and committee assignments.

— NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of purposes

Noun

Academic success and preparing students for their future is always top-of-mind, Folk said when asked about his goals for the school.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
The deployment has demonstrated how battery trains can support decarbonization goals while maintaining reliable passenger operations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

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And Jeremy is the handsome cipher, the seemingly long-suffering dreamboat of a husband who may or may not be harboring more ominous intentions.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
These consumer intentions were revealed as the retail industry readies for a holiday shopping season marked by more intense holiday promotions as shoppers seek discounts as a way to offset inflationary prices.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of intentions

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Construction originally began back in 2006 as part of Qatar's ambitious plans to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
That's according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly and cautioned the plans could shift.

— NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of plans

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Carlson’s essay offers a deeper look at the elaborate symbolic language surrounding 22, A Million, including the meanings behind the album’s unusual song titles and iconography.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
The terms adjourned and continued are similar but have distinct meanings.

— Michael Ruiz , Kayleigh McEnany , Bryan Llenas, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of meanings

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Naomi’s work clashes with both men’s professional aims, of course, but the real power of the story lies in its last third, which is set two and a half decades into the future and provides an unusual vision of climate change.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
My aims are to improve our quality of life on everything from affordability to traffic to public safety; to restore fiscal sanity to our public finances; and to end the brazen self-dealing that has become business as usual in local government.

— Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of aims

Noun

Investigators obtained phone metadata through a pen register, a surveillance tool that records information such as numbers contacted and the timing of calls, rather than the contents of conversations.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Officers closed the Macy’s side of the parking garage while bomb squad officers examined the contents of the suitcase.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

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