Synonyms of the word intention


INTENTIONAIM - DESIGN - END - GOAL - INTENT - PURPOSE - VOLITION - WILLING

intention

  • n. The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions.
  • n. (obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
  • n. A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention;…
  • n. (obsolete) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
  • n. (obsolete) Any mental apprehension of an object.
  • n. (medicine) The process of the healing of a wound.

aim

  • n. The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the…
  • n. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
  • n. Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
  • n. The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target.
  • n. (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
  • v. (intransitive) To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or…
  • v. (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try…
  • v. (transitive) To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act,…
  • v. (transitive) To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group.
  • v. (obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
  • n. Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.

design

  • n. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
  • n. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
  • n. The composition of a work of art.
  • n. Intention or plot.
  • n. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
  • n. The art of designing.
  • v. (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

end

  • n. The initial or (especially) the terminal point of something in space or time.
  • n. The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
  • n. Death, especially miserable.
  • n. Result.
  • n. A purpose, goal, or aim.
  • n. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
  • n. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a…
  • n. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
  • n. (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
  • n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
  • n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
  • v. (ergative) To finish, terminate.

goal

  • n. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
  • n. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
  • n. The act of placing the object into the goal.
  • n. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
  • n. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct…
  • v. (Gaelic football, Australian rules) To score a goal.

intent

  • n. A purpose; something that is intended.
  • n. (law) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.
  • adj. Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
  • adj. Engrossed.
  • adj. Unwavering from a course of action.

purpose

  • n. An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
  • n. A result that is desired; an intention.
  • n. The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
  • n. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
  • n. The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
  • n. (obsolete) Instance; example.
  • v. (transitive) Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
  • v. (transitive) (passive) Designed for some purpose.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

volition

  • n. A conscious choice or decision.
  • n. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
  • n. (linguistics) A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

willing

  • adj. Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
  • n. (rare or obsolete) The execution of a will.
  • v. present participle of will.

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