Intentional
Intentional adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.
Usage example: I'm fairly sure that your “accidental” cutting down of my rosebush was really intentional
Optional and intentional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Optional" instead an adjective "Intentional".
Optional
Optional adjective - Subject to one's freedom of choice.
Intentional and optional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intentional" instead an adjective "Optional".
Nearby Words: option, optionally
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- volunteer and intentional
- volunteer and optional
- free and intentional
- free and optional
- chosen and intentional
- chosen and optional
- wanton and intentional
- wanton and optional
- willful and intentional
- willful and optional
- willing and intentional
- willing and optional
- deliberate and intentional
- deliberate and optional
Both words in one sentence
- Intentional Engrish Forfunny: An optional setting to further emulate the arcade experience.
Source: Video Game / Xeno Fighters -
According to the developer, this is very intentional: in the full game, horror elements will be mostly confined to optional areas.
Source: Surprise Creepy
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Optional and Intentional. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intentional/optional
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Optional or Intentional. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/intentional/optional.
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