Synonyms of purposive

purposive

adjective

as in deliberate

made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing

facial tics and other unconscious movements that one would not normally call purposive actions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deliberate
• conscious
• voluntary
• intentional
• intended
• willed
• purposeful
• willful
• wilful
• knowing
• witting
• planned
• thoughtful
• calculated
• reasoned
• designed
• premeditated
• optional
• elective
• discretionary
• set
• considered
• weighed
• volunteer
• advised
• measured
• studied
• premeditative
• prepense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unintentional
• random
• haphazard
• inadvertent
• accidental
• incidental
• chance
• purposeless
• unwitting
• aimless
• sudden
• nonpurposive
• necessary
• desultory
• impetuous
• abrupt
• involuntary
• mandatory
• compulsory
• nondeliberate
• spontaneous
• obligatory
• hit-or-miss
• instinctive
• required
• impulsive
• forced
• casual
• impromptu
• extemporaneous
• ordered
• nonelective
• coerced
• unpremeditated
• unforced

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• unintentional
• random
• haphazard
• inadvertent
• accidental
• incidental
• chance
• purposeless
• unwitting
• aimless
• sudden
• nonpurposive
• necessary
• desultory
• impetuous
• abrupt
• involuntary
• mandatory
• compulsory
• nondeliberate
• spontaneous
• obligatory
• hit-or-miss
• instinctive
• required
• impulsive
• forced
• casual
• impromptu
• extemporaneous
• ordered
• nonelective
• coerced
• unpremeditated
• unforced

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