Intent and System

Intent

Intent noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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System and intent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "System" instead a noun "Intent".

System noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

Usage example: if you're going to wrap all these presents in one afternoon, you'll need a system

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Intent and system are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intent" instead a noun "System".

Nearby Words: systematic, systemic

good	good intent	good system
full	full intent	full system
alien	alien intent	alien system
original	original intent	original system
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, main, moral, political, different.

Billy is intent on not allowing her naive belief system ruin their better shots for freedom.

Source: I Did What I Had to Do
Mean Screen was created with the intent to crash every computer system in the city, and could infect a system with a virus by just looking at it.

Source: The Cracker
Internal Reformist: Reinhard, who serves in the Imperial forces with the intent of reforming the system, saving his older sister and one day overthrowing the Goldenbaum Dynasty.

Source: Anime / Legend of Galactic Heroes

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System and Intent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intent/system

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