Knowing and Purposeless

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Knowing adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.

Usage example: after giving knowing offense to people of Italian ancestry, he gave the lame excuse that it had all been a joke

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Purposeless is an antonym for knowing.

Nearby Words: know, known, knowingly

Purposeless adjective - Not evidencing any purpose or goal.

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Knowing is an antonym for purposeless.

Nearby Words: purpose, purposeful

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Purposeless and Knowing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/knowing/purposeless

Knowing & Purposeless. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/knowing/purposeless>.

Purposeless or Knowing. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/knowing/purposeless.

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