Meaning
Meaning noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Usage example: the people have a right to know what the president's meaning is in getting the nation involved in this war
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Synonyms for Meaning
Purpose is a synonym for meaning in intention topic. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead the word "Meaning" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like planned.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| special | special meaning | special purpose |
| exact | exact meaning | exact purpose |
| similar | similar meaning | similar purpose |
| specific | specific meaning | specific purpose |
| Other adjectives: original, true, obvious, actual, real, little, ultimate, new, general, apparent, greater, primary, double, dual, intended, different, higher. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Angel's defining moment in season two is the revelation that life has no purpose or meaning, thus making even the tiniest act of kindness an end in itself.
Source: The Anti-Nihilist - This results in him going completely ballistic, and going on a rampage of destruction with really no meaning or purpose beyond breaking things.
Source: Quit Your Whining - Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence without meaning or purpose!
Source: Break Them by Talking
Cite this Source
Purpose and Meaning. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/meaning/purpose
Meaning & Purpose. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/meaning/purpose>.
Purpose or Meaning. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/meaning/purpose.
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