Definitions

meant

[ment] / mɛnt /

ADJECTIVE

destined

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coming designed doomed intended

STRONG

brewing closed compelled condemned directed foreordained impending looming menacing near ordained overhanging predestined predetermined sealed settled stated threatening

WEAK

at hand certain compulsory forthcoming hanging over in prospect in store in the cards in the wind ineluctable inescapable inevitable inexorable instant predesigned que sera sera that is to be that will be to come unavoidable way the ball bounces

Antonyms

STRONG

distant remote unsettled

WEAK

avoidable unscheduled

ADJECTIVE

implied

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hidden implicit indirect latent lurking tacit unspoken

STRONG

adumbrated connoted figured foreshadowed indicated inferred insinuated intended involved occult parallel signified suggested symbolized understood unsaid

WEAK

alluded to allusive constructive indicative inferential inherent perceptible potential significative tacitly assumed undeclared unexpressed unuttered wordless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

explicit open

WEAK

explicated expressed stated

ADJECTIVE

intended

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculated contracted designed expected planned predetermined promised proposed

STRONG

advised affianced betrothed contemplated pinned plighted prearranged predestined set steady

WEAK

accidentally on purpose aforethought asked for future intentional

Antonyms

STRONG

unfixed

ADJECTIVE

intentional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calculated premeditated voluntary willful

STRONG

designed

WEAK

advised aforethought considered designful done on purpose intended meditated planned prearranged proposed purposed studied unforced willing witting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

involuntary unwilling

WEAK

accidental unintentional unplanned

ADJECTIVE

sincere

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candid earnest for real forthright genuine heartfelt outspoken real serious true trustworthy

WEAK

24-carat aboveboard actual artless bona fide dead-level dear devout faithful frank guileless honest-to-God honest-to-goodness like it is natural no-fooling no-nonsense on the level on the line on the up and up open plain pretensionless regular righteous saintly square sure-enough true-blue unaffected undesigning undissembled unfeigned unpretentious up-front wholehearted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

counterfeit deceitful devious dishonest false flippant insincere invalid untrustworthy

WEAK

tricky

Example Sentences

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Delays, which Musk says are meant to prevent competitors from stealing ideas, are one reason the stock has been stuck.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

In January, Musk had said that Neuralink was waiting for regulatory approval to implant the BCI meant to restore patients’ vision.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Difficult pin locations all over Aronimink Golf Club meant that no one had been able to break this course.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

That meant that through one's career, we earned entitlements to a decent pension set at a fixed proportion of salary.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

First his garden, and now the badger meant to insult Clare’s home?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

meant

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