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meaningful

[mee-ning-fuhl] / ˈmi nɪŋ fəl /
ADJECTIVE
significant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consequential essential important purposeful relevant serious substantial useful valid worthwhile
WEAK
allusive big clear concise considerable deep eloquent exact explicit expressive heavy indicative intelligible material momentous pointed pregnant sententious succinct suggestive weighty
Antonyms
STRONGEST
insignificant little minor nonessential small trivial unimportant unsubstantial worthless
WEAK
meaningless useless

Usage

What are other ways to say meaningful? When describing forms of expression, the adjectives meaningful and significant imply an underlying and unexpressed thought whose existence is plainly shown although its precise nature is left to conjecture. Meaningful implies a secret and intimate understanding between the persons involved: Meaningful looks passed between them. Significant suggests conveying important or hidden meaning: On hearing this statement, he gave the officers a significant glance. Expressive suggests conveying, or being capable of conveying, a thought, intention, emotion, etc., in an effective or vivid manner: an expressive gesture.  Suggestive implies an indirect or covert conveying of a meaning, sometimes mentally stimulating, sometimes verging on impropriety or indecency: a suggestive story or remark.

Example Sentences

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"A meaningful decline would likely take four to eight weeks after reopening, as production ramps up and shipping reschedules," says Torero.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Estimates suggest AI could drive meaningful productivity gains across asset management, with McKinsey projecting double-digit improvements in margins as workflows become more automated.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Jassy frames this as both a large business opportunity and a meaningful customer problem to solve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

She took a meaningful glance at her pocket watch.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros