Purpose Synonyms

pûrpəs
The proper activity of a person or thing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. function
  2. role
  3. job
  4. task
  5. use
Aim
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. intention
  2. intent
  3. design
  4. ambition
  5. goal
  6. aim
  7. object
  8. view
  9. end
  10. objective
  11. meaning
  12. aspiration
  13. target
  14. mission
  15. idea
  16. hope
  17. resolve
  18. scope
  19. desire
  20. dream
  21. expectation
  22. animus
  23. destination
  24. direction
  25. scheme
  26. prospect
  27. proposal
  28. destiny
  29. mark
  30. determination
  31. purposefully
  32. drift
  33. intentionally
  34. designedly
  35. function
  36. profitably
  37. usefully
  38. advantageously
  39. hidden-agenda
  40. profitlessly
  41. uselessly
  42. impulsion
  43. worthlessly
  44. point
  45. to-the-point
  46. intendment
  47. pertinent
  48. apt
  49. philosophy
  50. why
  51. purport
  52. resolution
  53. significance
  54. teleology
  55. ulterior-motive
The object toward which one strives or for which something exists; an aim or goal:
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. intention
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. directional
  2. functional
  3. intentional
  4. multiphasic
  5. multipurpose
  6. purposeful
  7. purposive
  8. teleological
  9. telic

Words Related to Purpose

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Purpose Sentence Examples

  • His purpose for bringing her here was unclear.

  • If you win or lose, let it be on purpose.

  • That served another purpose when the conversation turned to the possibility of another child.

  • Actually, she had lost purpose in life then.

  • He knew the effect he had on her; he did it on purpose to mess with her.

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