sense of purpose

Questions about sense of purpose

What is another word for sense of purpose?

It depends which sense of purpose you mean. In the sense “the quality of having a definite purpose”, the synonyms are purposefulness. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of sense of purpose?

WordNet records no antonym for sense of purpose. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for sense of purpose come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of sense of purpose

• Full entry for sense of purposeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sense of purposeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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