Intentional

//ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl//

Synonyms for "intentional" (51 found)

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Closest matches (11)

deliberate designed intended advised aimed aimed at calculated conscious considered

Adjective(2 words)

advertent conscious

Strong matches (15)

contemplated contrived deliberated envisaged envisioned express knowing meant measured meditated of design

Adjective(1 words)

deliberate

Adjective(3 words)

deliberate designed knowing

Related words (25)

on purpose planned preconceived premeditated projected proposed purposed purposeful purposive studied teleological unforced voluntary willful willing witting

Adjective(8 words)

on purpose purposeful purposive volitational volitional voluntary wilful witting

Adjective(1 words)

unintentional

Related word relations

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More specific

2 entries

advised premeditated

Antonyms

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unintentional

Synonyms

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deliberate designed

derived

13 entries

intentional community intentional fallacy intentional grounding intentional pass intentional species intentional walk intentionalism intentionalist intentionalistic intentionality intentionally nonintentional preterintentional

derived from

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intention

has context

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legal

related to

5 entries

deliberately intend intent plan voluntarily

similar

3 entries

fashioned intended

Translations

85 translations across 35 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

إرَادِيّ adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
إرَادِيّ adj (done with intent)
عَمْدِيّ adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
عَمْدِيّ adj (done with intent)

Belarusian

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наўмы́сны adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Bulgarian

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преднаме́рен adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
уми́шлен adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
умишлен adj (done with intent)

Catalan

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intencionat adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
intencionat adj (done with intent)

Chinese

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刁工 adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

刻意 adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
存心 adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
故意 adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
有意 adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Czech

2 entries

záměrný adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
úmyslný adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Dutch

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met voorbedachte rade adj (done with intent)
opzettelijk adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Esperanto

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intenca adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Finnish

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aikomuksellinen adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
tahallinen adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
tarkoituksellinen adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

French

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intentionnel adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
volontaire adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Georgian

4 entries

გამიზნული adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
გამიზნული adj (done with intent)
განზრახი adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
განზრახი adj (done with intent)

German

3 entries

absichtlich adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
vorsätzlich adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
vorsätzlich adj (done with intent)

Hebrew

2 entries

בְּכַוָּנָה adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
מכוון adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Hungarian

2 entries

szándékos adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
szándékos adj (done with intent)

Icelandic

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viljandi adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Japanese

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意図的な adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
故意の adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Korean

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고의적인 adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Latin

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meditātus adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
ultrōneus adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Macedonian

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намерен adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Malayalam

1 entries

മനഃപൂർവ്വം adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Māori

3 entries

mārie adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
mārire adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
āta adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Persian

2 entries

عمدی adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
عمدی adj (done with intent)

Polish

4 entries

celowy adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
intencjonalny adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
umyślny adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
zamierzony adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Portuguese

2 entries

intencional adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
intencional adj (done with intent)

Romanian

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intenționat adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Russian

4 entries

наме́ренный adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
преднаме́ренный adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
преднаме́ренный adj (done with intent)
умы́шленный adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

nameran adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
namjeran adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
намеран adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
намјеран adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Slovak

2 entries

zámerný adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
úmyselný adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Slovene

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nameren adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Spanish

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intencional adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Swedish

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avsiktlig adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
med uppsåt adj (done with intent)
uppsåtlig adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Tagalog

2 entries

intensiyonal adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
sadya adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Turkish

4 entries

istemli adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
istemli adj (done with intent)
kasti adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
kasti adj (done with intent)

Ukrainian

2 entries

навми́сний adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)
уми́сний adj (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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His mistake was intentional.

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It wasn't intentional.

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I'm sure that wasn't intentional.

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I know what you did wasn't intentional.

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