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- [pur-puh s-fuh l]
- /ˈpɜr pəs fəl/
- /ˈpɜː.pəs.fəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pur-puh s-fuh l]
- /ˈpɜr pəs fəl/
Definitions of purposeful word
- adjective purposeful having a purpose. 1
- adjective purposeful determined; resolute. 1
- adjective purposeful full of meaning; significant. 1
- adjective purposeful determined 1
- adjective purposeful considered, meaningful 1
- adjective purposeful If someone is purposeful, they show that they have a definite aim and a strong desire to achieve it. 0
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Origin of purposeful
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; purpose + -ful
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Purposeful
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
purposeful popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
purposeful usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for purposeful
adj purposeful
- aforethought — premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought)
- ambitious — Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
- ball of fire — a very lively person
- businesslike — If you describe someone as businesslike, you mean that they deal with things in an efficient way without wasting time.
- come on strong — If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
adjective purposeful
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- decisive — If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
- deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- designful — full of design or intention
- dour — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
Antonyms for purposeful
adv purposeful
- adrift — If a boat is adrift, it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or controlled by anyone.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- goalless — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
adj purposeful
- aimless — A person or activity that is aimless has no clear purpose or plan.
- feckless — ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing.
- fits and starts — (Idiomatic) Activity which is intermittent, variable in intensity, and prolonged by interruptions.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- motiveless — something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
adjective purposeful
- designless — without a design, unplanned
- objectless — not directed toward any goal; purposeless; aimless.
Top questions with purposeful
- what does purposeful mean?
- what is a purposeful life?
- how purposeful is your life?
- how to lead a purposeful life?
- what is purposeful behavior?
- what is purposeful play?
- what is purposeful listening?
- how to live a purposeful life?
- what is the meaning of purposeful?
- what is purposeful?
- how to live a meaningful and purposeful life?
- which theory says that human behavior is purposeful?
- management is purposeful and what?
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