Purpose synonyms

Contemplate, advantage, ambition, aim, and aspire are all synonyms for purpose. Insignificance and irrelevancy are antonyms of purpose. And here are 89 another word for purpose.

Another word for purpose

1. reason

Advantage, aim, ambition, aspiration, avail, basis, behoof, benefit, boot, cause, desire, effect, end, function, gain, goal, good, grounds, hope, impetus, intention, justification, merit, mileage, motivation, motive, object, objective, occasion, outcome, percentage, plan, point, profit, reason, result, scheme, target, use, usefulness, value, wish, worth, and role are all synonyms for purpose.

2. determination

Ambition, backbone, commitment, conviction, dedication, determination, drive, enterprise, enthusiasm, firmness (of purpose), initiative, motivation, push, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, single-mindedness, steadfastness, thrust, and get-up-and-go are all another word for purpose.

3. verb

Aim, aspire, contemplate, decide, design, desire, determine, expect, have a mind, have in mind, have in view, have plans, have the intention, hope, intend, mean, plan, propose, resolve, set one's sights on, set out, want, wish, and think of are all synonyms for purpose.

Purpose synonym statistics

Purpose synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 4 synonyms with 3 letters and 13 synonyms with 4 letters. 8 synonyms with 5, and 7 letters and 18 synonyms with 6 letters.

5 synonyms with 8 letters and 6 synonyms with 9 letters. 14 synonyms with 10 letters and 1 synonym with 11, 12, 15, and 17 letters. 3 synonyms with 13 letters and 2 synonyms with 16 letters. For a total of 85 another word for purpose.

Purpose sentences

She acted with clear purpose.

The meeting had no purpose.

They questioned the project’s purpose.

His purpose is to inspire.

Everything happens for a purpose.

Related Words for purpose

  1. Loose
    • Synonyms: not fixed in place, not secure
    • Opposites: secure, tight, literal, narrow
    • Part of speech: adjective
  2. Possibly
    • Synonyms: perhaps, maybe
    • Opposites: impossibly, definitely
    • Part of speech: adverb
  3. Choose
    • Synonyms: select, pick
    • Opposites: reject, decline
    • Part of speech: verb
  4. Chosen
    • Synonyms: Selected, picked
    • Opposites: rejected, ignored
    • Part of speech: adjective
  5. Composition
    • Synonyms: make-up, constitution
    • Opposites: disorganization, disarray
    • Part of speech: noun
  6. Imposed
    • Synonyms: Enforced, forced
    • Opposites: removed, lifted
    • Part of speech: verb
  7. Impose
    • Synonyms: foist, force
    • Opposites: permit, allow
    • Part of speech: verb
  8. Opposition
    • Synonyms: resistance, hostility
    • Opposites: support, agreement
    • Part of speech: noun
  9. Incorporate
    • Synonyms: embody, include
    • Opposites: exclude, separate
    • Part of speech: verb
  10. Disposition
    • Synonyms: temperament, nature
    • Opposites: indifference, apathy
    • Part of speech: noun
  11. Post
    • Synonyms: pole, stake
    • Opposites: remove, withdraw
    • Part of speech: noun
  12. Xylose
    • Synonyms: Xylopentose, wood sugar
    • Opposites: non-sugar or absence of sugar
    • Part of speech: noun
  13. Positive
    • Synonyms: constructive, practical
    • Opposites: pessimistic, negative
    • Part of speech: adjective
  14. Compose
    • Synonyms: write, create
    • Opposites: destroy, dismantle
    • Part of speech: adjective
  15. Composed
    • Synonyms: calm, collected
    • Opposites: excited, overwrought
    • Part of speech: adjective
  16. Pure
    • Synonyms: unmixed, unalloyed
    • Opposites: impure, adulterated
    • Part of speech: adjective
  17. Possibility
    • Synonyms: chance, likelihood
    • Opposites: impossibility, unlikelihood
    • Part of speech: noun
  18. Proposed
    • Synonyms: put forward, suggest
    • Opposites: withdraw, agree
    • Part of speech: verb
  19. Exposed
    • Synonyms: make vulnerable, make subject
    • Opposites: cover, protect from
    • Part of speech: verb
  20. Impossible
    • Synonyms: not possible, out of the question
    • Opposites: possible, easy, attainable
    • Part of speech: adjective
  21. Position
    • Synonyms: location, place
    • Opposites: displacement, misalignment
    • Part of speech: noun
  22. Surprise
    • Synonyms: shock, bolt from/out of the blue
    • Opposites: unsurprising, predictable
    • Part of speech: noun
  23. Possible
    • Synonyms: feasible, able to be done
    • Opposites: impossible, unlikely
    • Part of speech: adjective
  24. Opposite
    • Synonyms: facing, face to face with
    • Opposites: similar, identical
    • Part of speech: adjective