Synonyms of on purpose

on purpose

phrase

as in intentionally

with full awareness of what one is doing

I'm sorry, but I didn't knock the vase over on purpose.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of on purpose

OpenAI’s agents found a path out of containment; earlier tests by Anthropic and Meta were accidentally connected to the Internet; AISI enabled Internet access on purpose. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

While people start about half of Canada's wildfires — accidentally or on purpose — fires sparked by lightning are responsible for more than 90% of the land area burned in Canada, Flannigan said. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Officials believe the snake was someone's pet and was likely released on purpose. — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

The filmmaking team went internal on purpose, and built a movie about a young man nobody remembers. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026