Synonyms for purposeful
ˈpɜr pəs fəlpur·pose·ful

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1. purposefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   focused, nose to the grindstone, determined

2. purposefuladjective

   Having purpose; intentional.

   Synonyms:
   determined, nose to the grindstone, focused

3. purposefuladjective

   Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.

   Synonyms:
   nose to the grindstone, focused, determined

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1. purposefuladjective

   serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

   Antonyms:
   rudderless, afloat(p), meaningless, adrift(p), nonmeaningful, desultory, directionless, planless, purposeless, undirected, aimless

2. purposefuladjective

   having meaning through having an aim

   "led a happy purposeful life"

   Antonyms:
   desultory, rudderless, aimless, adrift(p), meaningless, nonmeaningful, undirected, directionless, planless, purposeless, afloat(p)

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1. List of paraphrases for "purposeful":

   targeted, intentional, deliberate, meaningful, voluntarist

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1. John Shier:

   It looks like they are trying to be more purposeful, so they're breaching companies, understanding exactly what company they breached and trying to penetrate as fully as possible, so that they can then extract as much money as possible.

2. William Bratton:

   The purposeful misrepresentation of crime data is rare but nevertheless unacceptable, and it will be dealt with accordingly.

3. Eric Hovland:

   It’s flipping and tossing around, it looks like it’s even been roped by the tail. I mean this just wasn’t hooked on a line and accidentally dragged. This was purposeful and tragic.

4. The Russian foreign ministry:

   Russia-U.S. relations are undergoing difficult times caused by Washington’s purposeful unfriendly actions, groundlessly making Russia responsible for the Ukraine crisis which was largely triggered by the United States itself, in 2014...Barack Obama's administration chose a path to cut back bilateral ties, proclaimed policy toward 'isolating' our country at the international scene and demanded support to its confrontational steps from countries who traditionally follow Washington's track.

5. Manmohan Singh:

   In the hands of a purposeful government, this could be an opportunity to step up investment in the economy in a big way.