purposeful

1. 1.

   serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

   Antonymspurposeless

   Similarbusinesslikegoal-directedpurpose-built
2. 2.

   having meaning through having an aim

   “led a happy purposeful life”

   Similarmeaningful

Questions about purposeful

What does purposeful mean?

purposeful means "serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in purposeful?

purposeful has 3 syllables: pur-pose-ful. The stress falls on "pur". In IPA it is /ˈpɝpəsfəl/.

What is the opposite of purposeful?

The recorded antonyms are purposeless.

Is purposeful a common word?

purposeful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.