Intent

//ɪnˈtɛnt//

Synonyms for "intent" (211 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Strong matches (63)

Related words (105)

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Translations

92 translations across 29 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • نِيَّة noun (something that is intended)

Basque

1 entries
  • asmo noun (something that is intended)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • настойчив adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • непоколебим adj (unwavering)
  • погълнат adj (engrossed)
  • решен adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئامانج noun (something that is intended)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 一心一意的 adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • 意图 noun (something that is intended)
  • 犯罪动机 noun (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence)

Czech

3 entries
  • cíl noun (something that is intended)
  • záměr noun (something that is intended)
  • úmysl noun (something that is intended)

Dutch

1 entries
  • bedoeling noun (something that is intended)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • celo noun (something that is intended)

Finnish

4 entries
  • keskittynyt adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • keskittynyt adj (engrossed)
  • määrätietoinen adj (unwavering)
  • vakaa adj (unwavering)

French

4 entries
  • buté adj (unwavering)
  • déterminé adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • résolu adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • intention noun (something that is intended)

German

1 entries
  • Absicht noun (something that is intended)

Greek

4 entries
  • έμμονος adj (unwavering)
  • αφοσιωμένος adj (engrossed)
  • προσηλωμένος adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • επιδίωξη noun (something that is intended)

Hindi

1 entries
  • इच्छा noun (something that is intended)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • belemerült adj (engrossed)
  • elszánt adj (unwavering)
  • eltökélt adj (unwavering)
  • fókuszált adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)

Italian

1 entries
  • intento noun (something that is intended)

Latin

1 entries
  • intentus adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)

Māori

4 entries
  • ngana adj (unwavering)
  • tare adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • tāuteute adj (engrossed)
  • waweroka adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • akt noun (something that is intended)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • دركار adj (engrossed)
  • مشغول adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • مشغول adj (engrossed)

Persian

1 entries
  • نیت noun (something that is intended)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Väanämen noun (something that is intended)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • intenção noun (something that is intended)

Russian

4 entries
  • при́стальный adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • сосредо́точенный adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • наме́рение noun (something that is intended)
  • у́мысел noun (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence)

Slovak

3 entries
  • ciel noun (something that is intended)
  • zámer noun (something that is intended)
  • úmysel noun (something that is intended)

Spanish

4 entries
  • concentrado adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • decidido adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • entregado adj (firmly fixed or concentrated)
  • inexorable adj (unwavering)

Swedish

3 entries
  • avsikt noun (something that is intended)
  • intention noun (something that is intended)
  • uppsåt noun (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence)

Turkish

4 entries
  • amaç noun (something that is intended)
  • kasıt noun (something that is intended)
  • kasıt noun (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence)
  • niyet noun (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • намір noun (something that is intended)
  • умисел noun (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • ý định noun (something that is intended)
  • ý đồ noun (something that is intended)
  • động cơ noun (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence)
  • động cơ gây án noun (state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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I have no real intent.

Source: tatoeba (24811)

She's intent on going to New York to study fashion.

Source: tatoeba (34413)

It is not my intent to hurt you in any way.

Source: tatoeba (66472)

"One aspect of language is an intent to communicate," he says.

Source: tatoeba (73702)

Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.