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purposive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of purposive

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 of purposive

conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, knowing, purposeful, set, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting

Words Related to purposive

designed, planned

advised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighed

premeditated, premeditative, prepense

discretionary, elective, optional, volunteer

Near Antonyms of purposive

inadvertent, unwitting

accidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, random

aimless, desultory, purposeless

abrupt, impetuous, sudden

coerced, forced, involuntary

compulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required

extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated

Antonyms of purposive

nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional

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