 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
purposeful
adjective
1: serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal
[ant: {purposeless}]
2: having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy
purposeful life"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Purposeful \Pur"pose*ful\, adjective
Important; material. ''Purposeful accounts.'' --Tylor. --
{Pur"pose*ful*ly}, adverb
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
meaningful \meaningful\ adjective
Having a meaning or purpose; having significance; as, a
meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful
pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of {meaningless}.
[Narrower terms: {comprehensible, understandable};
{indicative, significative, suggestive ; {meaty, substantive
; {purposeful}] Also See: {purposeful}, {significant},
{important}.
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "purposeful":
advised, affirmed, aimed, aimed at, bound, bound and determined,
calculated, certain, committed, confirmed, conscious, considered,
contemplated, decided, decisive, dedicated, definite, deliberate,
deliberated, designed, determined, devoted, dogged, earnest,
envisaged, envisioned, firm, fixed, intended, intentional, knowing,
meant, meditated, obstinate, of design, persevering, persistent,
pertinacious, planned, positive, projected, proposed, purposed,
purposive, relentless, resolute, resolved, serious, settled,
sincere, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, strong-willed, studied,
sure, teleological, tenacious, unfailing, unfaltering, voluntary,
wholehearted, willful, witting
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