INTENTS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

intents

noun

plural of intent

as in purposes

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings; that wasn't my intent

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as in senses

the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action the wording was a little unclear, but I think I grasped the intent

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Recent Examples of intents What began in 1996 as a novel concept, with just 73 categories, has become for all intents and purposes, the Nobel Prize of beauty. — Hunter Lacey, Allure, 16 Oct. 2026 The area, for all intents and purposes, has always functioned as the back of the museum. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 There are a lot of people who will say that this series, for all intents and purposes, is the World Series. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The long nightmare might be over for South African producers, whose industry has been crippled for more than two years by the paralysis of a rebate program that for all intents and purposes had ceased to function. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 George Cheeks will become, for all intents and purposes, the most powerful executive in linear TV. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 Sea turtles now nest on the secluded sandy beach that’s for all intents and purposes private, save for villagers occasionally visiting the small oceanfront temple for ceremonies. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026 For all intents and purposes, my genetic disorder is a breeze to deal with. — Megan Mostyn-Brown, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026 For Abbott and for Ken Paxton, who beat Cornyn in an eye-gouging, rabbit-punching Republican Senate primary, the answer was, for all intents, the latter. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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Noun

On a blistering surprise EP, Deafheaven find the vicious attack and grandiose drama of symphonic black metal perfectly suited to their purposes.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
The area, for all intents and purposes, has always functioned as the back of the museum.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of purposes

Noun

Inside a training apartment on-site, specialists taught Darnes how to navigate daily life using touch, sound, bump dots, and his remaining senses.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Each step sends a ripple through the spongy, thin mat, a slow undulating motion beneath your feet that surprises the senses, disorienting yet simultaneously strangely delightful.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The association reiterated its support for SB 707’s textile circularity goals while challenging CalRecycle’s choice of the organization tasked with implementing them.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
That took Chelsea to six goals inside the first seven minutes of games this season, something no Premier League side has previously managed across any six-game spell.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of goals

Noun

The expression has different meanings across cultures, rarely referring to its literal translation.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Carlson’s essay offers a deeper look at the elaborate symbolic language surrounding 22, A Million, including the meanings behind the album’s unusual song titles and iconography.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of meanings

Noun

Compass is preparing to complete a rolling FDA submission this quarter for COMP360, its synthetic psilocybin treatment for treatment-resistant depression, with aims to launch early next year.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
Putin is committed to his overall war aims, and no amount of external pressure is likely to force him to abandon those.

— Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of aims

Noun

Many state wiretap and eavesdropping laws are written around whether a private communication was intercepted or its contents were acquired — not simply whether a conventional audio recording was created.

— MacKenzie Sigalos,Annie Palmer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
In late September, video showed Wang going through the victim’s desk before picking up his coffee tin, opening and inspecting its contents, the police affidavit said.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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