purposive

Main Entry:
deliberate [adj. dih-lib-er-it; v. dih-lib-uh-reyt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intentional
Synonyms: advised, aforethought, calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried, designed, designful, done on purpose, express, fixed, intended, judged, meticulous, planned, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, predetermined, premeditated, prepense, projected, provident, prudent, purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, scrupulous, studied, studious, thought out, thoughtful, voluntary, wary, weighed, willful, with forethought, witting
Antonyms: chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unmethodical, unsystematic, unwitting
Main Entry: useful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beneficial, valuable
Synonyms: advantageous, all-purpose, applied, appropriate, brave, commodious, convenient, effective, favorable, fit, fruitful, functional, good, handy, helpful, instrumental, meet, of assistance, of service, of use, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, propitious, purposive, salutary, serviceable, subsidiary, suitable, suited, toward, utile
Notes: usable or useable means that something can be used; useful means that something is helpful or beneficial and can be used to advantage
Antonyms: unusable, unvaluable, useless, worthless
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