PREPENSE Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

prepense

adjective

Definition of prepense

as in premeditated

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Adjective

Prosecutors say Lavi Pham and James Salerno, middle-school friends who are now co-defendants, should be convicted of first-degree murder, felony murder by rape and premeditated murder, as well as first-degree kidnapping and concealing a death.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
In 1842, the appellate court reduced the offense from a premeditated breach of duty to a negligent one, acquitted Ebel of founding a sect, and quashed his confinement.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of premeditated

Adjective

Secretary of State Marco Rubio also rejected Zelenskyy's claims that the disruptions to the system were deliberate.

— Kristin Wright, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026
In the lobby, the beams and columns join with such deliberate overelaborations as to mock the simplicity of the overall building.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of deliberate

Adjective

In the most extreme, low-probability scenarios, at the very tip of the long tail, the calculated death toll was huge, in the tens of millions.

— Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
For Cruise, playing rancid oil billionaire Digger Rockwell was a calculated gamble.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of calculated

Adjective

Food and drink Food across the resort’s various restaurants is Greek and local but with a considered twist.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
And Moke was no longer a considered tropical cyclone after skirting Hawaii as a tropical storm, the center said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of considered

Adjective

Meaningful persuasion requires the suspension of some short-term interests for the sake of long-term interests, which is why coercive economic statecraft among allies is ill advised.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
The wind screens deflect a fair amount of wind (and rain), but Super 3 drivers are well advised to wear some form of eye protection.

— Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022

Definition of advised

Adjective

Though considerably less studied than the cardiovascular impact, mental health has emerged as one of the more exciting and appealing applications.

— Will Stone, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
Medical prior authorization, one of the most studied examples, is still processed electronically only about 40% of the time, despite two decades of automation investment aimed squarely at fixing it.

— Abhinav Shashank, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of studied

Adjective

Had Styles — either completely by accident or with malice aforethought — unleashed a mouthful of spit upon his elder co-star?

— Vulture, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
Depraved-indifference murder is not supposed to be a sleight-of-hand that elevates manslaughter to murder, or that effectively turns an unintentional killing into an intentional murder by substituting depraved indifference for malice aforethought.

— Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 7 Mar. 2021

Definition of aforethought

Adjective

Supreme Court justices will now consider whether a group claiming to be targeted by a race-neutral policy must show it was disproportionately harmed to prove intentional discrimination.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Election experts have said many instances of noncitizens registering to vote are a result of administrative error or confusion on the part of the immigrant — not intentional criminality.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of intentional

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