Doing and Intent

Doing

Doing noun - Something done by someone.

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Intent and doing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intent" instead an adjective "Doing".

Nearby Word: do

Intent adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.

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Doing and intent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Doing" instead an adjective "Intent".

good	good doing	good intent
noble	noble doing	noble intent
true	true doing	true intent
real	real doing	real intent
Other adjectives: serious, evil, bad, main, deliberate, moral, dramatic.

On Star Trek: Enterprise, Malik the Augment announces his intent to attack Captain Archer just before doing so, just to prove that ordinary humans are no match for him.

Source: Calling Your Attacks
In a flashback, we see how the X-Men were done in: Wolverine and Jubilee are doing monitor duty when dozens of supervillains break in, intent on killing everybody.

Source: My God What Have I Done / Comic Books
No matter how often he is criticized for it, or how many times its challenged, he is freaking intent on doing the right thing even if it's the wrong thing by accident.

Source: Determinator / Western Animation

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Intent and Doing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doing/intent

Doing & Intent. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/doing/intent>.

Intent or Doing. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/doing/intent.

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