Intent and Pursuing

Intent

Intent adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.

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

Pursuing

Pursuing adjective - Following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit.
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Synonyms for Pursuing

Intent and pursuing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intent" instead an adjective "Pursuing".

Nearby Words: pursue, pursuance, pursued, pursuer

Both words in one sentence

  • To Serve Man The Vastatosaurus rex of Skull Island seemed to find blonde heroine Ann Darrow an irresistible tidbit, eagerly pursuing her with intent to devour regardless of circumstances.
    Source: To Serve Man
  • Turn in Your Badge After M takes Bond off the hunt for Blofeld, Bond tells Moneypenny to write a memo tendering his resignation (presumably with the intent of pursuing Blofeld as a rogue agent).
  • Tsali is another example; in Episode 73, he's so intent on making sure Sonic and friends suffer that he constantly gets distracted from pursuing Tails and Cosmo.
    Source: Stupid Evil
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Pursuing and Intent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intent/pursuing
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