intentions [in-ten-shuhn]
Main Entry:
intent/intention
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: aim, purpose
Synonyms: acceptation, animus, bottom line, conation, design, desire, drift, end, goal, heart, hope, idea, import, intendment, meaning, meat*, name of the game, nature, notion, nub, nuts and bolts, object, objective, plan, point, project, purport, scheme, score, sense, significance, significancy, signification, target, understanding, volition, will, wish
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Intention.
Category: 1. Conceptional Volition
Synonyms:
-nouns
intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo animo; project; undertaking; predetermination; design, ambition., contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; lookout., final cause; raison detre; cui bono; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift (meaning); tendency; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain; prey, quarry, game., decision, determination, resolve; fixed purpose, set purpose, settled purpose; ultimatum; resolution; wish; arriere pensee; motive., [Study of final causes] teleology.
-verbs
intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in-petto; have an eye to., bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to., take upon oneself (undertake); take into one's head; meditate, contemplate, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate; compass, calculate; destine, destinate; propose., project (plan); have a mind to (be willing); desire; pursue.
-adjectives
intended; intentional, advised, express, determinate; prepense; bound for; intending; minded; bent upon (earnest); at stake; on the anvil, on the tapis; in view, in prospect, in the breast of; in petto; teleological.
-adverbs
intentionally; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent; deliberately (with premeditation); with one's eyes open, in cold blood., for; with a view, with an eye to; in order to, in order that; to the end that, with the intent that; for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of., in pursuance of, pursuant to; quo animo; to all intents and purposes.
-phrases
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" [Johnson]; sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Horace].
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Main Entry: aim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal
Synonyms: ambition, aspiration, course, desideratum, design, desire, direction, end, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, scheme, target, where one is heading, wish
Antonyms: aimlessness, avoidance, neglect, purposelessness, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: angle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: personal approach, purpose
Synonyms: aim, approach, aspect, direction, hand, intention, outlook, perspective, plan, point of view, position, side, slant, standpoint, viewpoint
Main Entry: cause
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief; undertaking for belief
Synonyms: attempt, conviction, creed, enterprise, faith, goal, ideal, intention, movement, object, objective, plan, principles, purpose
Main Entry: concoction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: creation, blend
Synonyms: brew, combination, compound, contrivance, intention, medley, mixture, plan, preparation, project, solution
Main Entry: contemplation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deep thought; planning
Synonyms: ambition, cogitation, consideration, deliberation, design, intention, meditation, musing, plan, pondering, purpose, reflection, reverie, rumination, study
Antonyms: disdain, disregard, neglect, rejection, slight
Main Entry: destination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal; place one wants to go
Synonyms: aim, ambition, design, end, harbor, haven, intention, journey's end, landing-place, object, objective, purpose, resting-place, station, stop, target, terminal, terminus
Antonyms: beginning, source, start
Main Entry: destiny
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fate
Synonyms: Moirai, afterlife, break*, breaks, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, wheel of fortune, world to come
Antonyms: choice, free will, volition
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