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

Jane hoped to be more overt, creating a simple manual for people who came to the topic on purpose. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Drivers who intimidate on purpose are surprisingly plentiful. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026

Or, rather, the prototype itself was dropped — on purpose — but the outcome of its fall was not what engineers had hoped for. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Land managers are already using fire-scar data to decide when to ignite blazes on purpose. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026