Intentions


Synonyms for intent/intention
noun aim, purpose

animus
bottom line
design
desire
drift
end
goal
heart
hope
idea

import
meaning
meat
name of the game
nature
notion
nub
nuts and bolts
object
objective

plan
point
project
purport
scheme
score
sense
significance
target
understanding

volition
will
wish
acceptation
significancy
signification
conation
intendment

Synonyms
noun goal

aim
motive
plan
objective

hope
purpose
end
designation

point
object
drift
design

struggle
animus
impulsion

Antonyms

discouragement

Concept Thesaurus for word intentions
1. Conceptional Volition
Synonyms – noun

intent
quo animo
design
animus
study
cui bono
“the be all and the end all”
mark
target
quarry
resolve
ultimatum
motive

intention
project
ambition.
view
lookout.
object
drift (meaning)
point
bull’s-eye
game.
fixed purpose
resolution
[Study of final causes] teleology.

intentionality
undertaking
contemplation
purview
final cause
aim
tendency
butt
quintain
decision
set purpose
wish

purpose
predetermination
mind
proposal
raison detre
end
destination
goal
prey
determination
settled purpose
arriere pensee

Synonyms – verbs

intend
have to
have in contemplation
bid for
endeavor after
point at
set before oneself
meditate
talk of
destine
have a mind to (be willing)

purpose
propose to oneself
have in one’s eye
labor for
be at
level at
study to.
contemplate
premeditate
destinate
desire

design
harbor a design
have in-petto
be after
aim at
aspire at
take upon oneself (undertake)
think of
compass
propose.
pursue

mean
have in view
have an eye to.
aspire after
drive at
take aim
take into one’s head
dream of
calculate
project (plan)

Synonyms – adjectives

intended
determinate
minded
on the tapis
in petto

intentional
prepense
bent upon (earnest)
in view
teleological.

advised
bound for
at stake
in prospect

express
intending
on the anvil
in the breast of

Synonyms – phrases
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” [Johnson]; sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Horace].
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