Showing results for purposefulness. Search instead for suspensefulness.

purposefulness

NOUN

decision

Synonyms

STRONG

backbone decisiveness determination doggedness earnestness firmness fortitude grit obstinacy obstinance perseverance persistence pluck purpose resoluteness resolution resolve seriousness spine stubbornness toughness volition will willpower

WEAK

decidedness iron will purposiveness will power

Antonyms

STRONG

cowardice flexibility idleness indecision indolence irresolution question spinelessness unimportance weakness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He captured what Philip Roth, in a 1973 New York Times essay on baseball, called “its longueurs and thrills, its spaciousness, its suspensefulness, its heroics, its nuances, its lingo, its ‘characters,’ its peculiarly hypnotic tedium.”

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2011

purposefulness

Example Sentences

Related Words