You are still asking yourself what the meaning of life is?
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Meaning
//ˈmiː.nɪŋ//
Synonyms for "meaning" (183 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (91)
meatymessagemetaphoricalmetaphorical sensemindmotivenamingnisusnuanceoccult meaningominousnessovertonepertinencepicking outpithpithyplanpointpointedpointing
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pointing outpointing toportentportentousnesspresagefulnesspresumptionpresuppositionprojectproposalprospectuspurportpurposereadablereadingreferencereferentreferentialrelationrelevanceresolutionresolverhymesakescopeselectionsententiousshowshowingsignificancesignificancysignificantsignificationsinisternessspecificationspiritstrivingstudysubsensesubsidiary sensesubstancesubstantialsuggestionsuggestivesuggestivenesssumsum and substancesuppositionsymbolicsymbolicalsymbolismsymptomaticnesstenortingetouchundercurrentundermeaningunderstandingundertonevalueviewway of seeingwill
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1 entriesTranslations
285 translations across 87 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- domethënie noun (symbolic value of something)
- kuptim noun (symbolic value of something)
Arabic
4 entries- الْمَعْنَى noun (symbolic value of something)
- معنى noun (symbolic value of something)
- معنى noun (symbolic value of something)
- معنى noun (symbolic value of something)
Armenian
3 entries- իմաստ noun (symbolic value of something)
- իմաստ noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- իմաստ noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- məna noun (symbolic value of something)
Bashkir
3 entries- мәғәнә noun (symbolic value of something)
- мәғәнә noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- мәғәнә noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Belarusian
4 entries- змысл noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- змысл noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- значэ́нне noun (symbolic value of something)
- значэ́нне noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Bengali
2 entries- অর্থ noun (symbolic value of something)
- মানে noun (symbolic value of something)
Bole
1 entries- mana noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Breton
1 entries- ster noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Bulgarian
3 entries- значе́ние noun (symbolic value of something)
- значе́ние noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- сми́съл noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Burmese
1 entries- အဓိပ္ပါယ် noun (symbolic value of something)
Catalan
4 entries- sentit noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- significació noun (symbolic value of something)
- significat noun (symbolic value of something)
- significat noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Chinese
2 entries- йисы noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- чин-ю noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 意思 noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- 意義 /意义 noun (symbolic value of something)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 含義 /含义 noun (symbolic value of something)
- 含義 /含义 noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- 意味 noun (symbolic value of something)
- 意味 noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- mana noun (symbolic value of something)
Czech
4 entries- smysl noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- smysl noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- význam noun (symbolic value of something)
- význam noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Danish
4 entries- betydning noun (symbolic value of something)
- betydning noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- mening noun (symbolic value of something)
- mening noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Dari
3 entries- مَطْلَب noun (symbolic value of something)
- مَطْلَب noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- مَطْلَب noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Dutch
4 entries- betekenis noun (symbolic value of something)
- betekenis noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- waarde noun (symbolic value of something)
- zin noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Esperanto
3 entries- senco noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- signifo noun (symbolic value of something)
- signifo noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Estonian
1 entries- tähendus noun (symbolic value of something)
Finnish
3 entries- merkitys noun (symbolic value of something)
- merkitys noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- tarkoitus noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
French
4 entries- sens noun (symbolic value of something)
- sens noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- signification noun (symbolic value of something)
- signification noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Galician
1 entries- significado noun (symbolic value of something)
Georgian
1 entries- მნიშვნელობა noun (symbolic value of something)
German
3 entries- Bedeutung noun (symbolic value of something)
- Bedeutung noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- Sinn noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Greek
4 entries- έννοια noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- νόημα noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- σημασία noun (symbolic value of something)
- σημασία noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Greenlandic
1 entries- isuma noun (symbolic value of something)
Gujarati
2 entries- અર્થ noun (symbolic value of something)
- અર્થ noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Hausa
2 entries- ma'ana noun (symbolic value of something)
- ma'ana noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Hawaiian
1 entries- manaʻo noun (symbolic value of something)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַשְׁמָעוּת noun (symbolic value of something)
Hindi
4 entries- अर्थ noun (symbolic value of something)
- अर्थ noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- अर्थ noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- मअनी noun (symbolic value of something)
Hungarian
3 entries- jelentés noun (symbolic value of something)
- jelentés noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- értelem noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Icelandic
3 entries- meining noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- merking noun (symbolic value of something)
- merking noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Indonesian
3 entries- arti noun (symbolic value of something)
- makna noun (symbolic value of something)
- maksud noun (symbolic value of something)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- مَعْنا noun (symbolic value of something)
- مَعْنَیٰ noun (symbolic value of something)
- مَعْنی noun (symbolic value of something)
- مَعْنی noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Italian
3 entries- significato noun (symbolic value of something)
- significato noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- significato noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Japanese
4 entries- 意味 noun (symbolic value of something)
- 意味 noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- 意味 noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- 意義 noun (symbolic value of something)
Kapampangan
1 entries- kabaldugan noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Kazakh
1 entries- мағына noun (symbolic value of something)
Khmer
1 entries- សំនួន noun (symbolic value of something)
Korean
4 entries- 뜻 noun (symbolic value of something)
- 뜻 noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- 목적 noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- 의미 noun (symbolic value of something)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- маани noun (symbolic value of something)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມຫມາຽ noun (symbolic value of something)
Latin
1 entries- significātiō noun (symbolic value of something)
Latvian
4 entries- jēga noun (symbolic value of something)
- jēga noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- nozīme noun (symbolic value of something)
- nozīme noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Limburgish
1 entries- beteikenis noun (symbolic value of something)
Lithuanian
2 entries- prasmė noun (symbolic value of something)
- reikšmė noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Macedonian
4 entries- значење noun (symbolic value of something)
- значење noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- смисла noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- смисла noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Malay
4 entries- erti noun (symbolic value of something)
- makna noun (symbolic value of something)
- maksud noun (symbolic value of something)
- maksud noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Malayalam
4 entries- അർത്ഥം noun (symbolic value of something)
- അർത്ഥം noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- അർത്ഥം noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- സാരം noun (symbolic value of something)
Mongolian
4 entries- утга noun (symbolic value of something)
- утга noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- утга noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- ᠤᠳᠬ ᠠ noun (symbolic value of something)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- mane noun (symbolic value of something)
- wate noun (symbolic value of something)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- betydning noun (symbolic value of something)
- betydning noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- mening noun (symbolic value of something)
- mening noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Old English
3 entries- andgiet noun (symbolic value of something)
- andġiet noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- ġetācnung noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- معنا noun (symbolic value of something)
Pashto
2 entries- معنا noun (symbolic value of something)
- معنى noun (symbolic value of something)
Polish
4 entries- sens noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- sens noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- znaczenie noun (symbolic value of something)
- znaczenie noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Portuguese
4 entries- sentido noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- significado noun (symbolic value of something)
- significado noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- significado noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Romanian
2 entries- semnificație noun (symbolic value of something)
- sens noun (symbolic value of something)
Russian
4 entries- значе́ние noun (symbolic value of something)
- значе́ние noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- значе́ние noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- смысл noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Sanskrit
1 entries- अर्थ noun (symbolic value of something)
Scots
3 entries- meanin noun (symbolic value of something)
- meanin noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- meanin noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- brìgh noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- brìgh noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- ciallachadh noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- seagh noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- smȋsao noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- znáčēnje noun (symbolic value of something)
- znáčēnje noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- зна́че̄ње noun (symbolic value of something)
Slovak
4 entries- význam noun (symbolic value of something)
- význam noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- zmysel noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- zmysel noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Slovene
4 entries- pomen noun (symbolic value of something)
- pomen noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- smisel noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- smisel noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Spanish
4 entries- acepción noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- sentido noun (symbolic value of something)
- sentido noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- sentido noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Swahili
3 entries- maana noun (symbolic value of something)
- maana noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- maana noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Swedish
4 entries- betydelse noun (symbolic value of something)
- betydelse noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- mening noun (symbolic value of something)
- mening noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Tajik
2 entries- маъно noun (symbolic value of something)
- маънӣ noun (symbolic value of something)
Tamil
4 entries- அர்த்தம் noun (symbolic value of something)
- அர்த்தம் noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- பொருள் noun (symbolic value of something)
- பொருள் noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Tatar
1 entries- мәгънә noun (symbolic value of something)
Thai
4 entries- ความหมาย noun (symbolic value of something)
- ความหมาย noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- ความหมาย noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- คำแปล noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ārth noun (symbolic value of something)
Turkish
4 entries- anlam noun (symbolic value of something)
- anlam noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- kasıt noun (symbolic value of something)
- mana noun (symbolic value of something)
Turkmen
1 entries- many noun (symbolic value of something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зна́чення noun (symbolic value of something)
- зна́чення noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- зна́чення noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- сенс noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
Urdu
4 entries- اَرْتھ noun (symbolic value of something)
- مَطْلَب noun (symbolic value of something)
- مَطْلَب noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- مَعْنَیٰ noun (symbolic value of something)
Uyghur
1 entries- مەنە noun (symbolic value of something)
Uzbek
2 entries- maʼni noun (symbolic value of something)
- maʼno noun (symbolic value of something)
Vietnamese
4 entries- nghĩa noun (symbolic value of something)
- nghĩa noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- nghĩa noun (definition or connotation of a word)
- ý nghĩa noun (symbolic value of something)
Welsh
3 entries- ystyr noun (symbolic value of something)
- ystyr noun (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
- ystyr noun (definition or connotation of a word)
West-Frisian
1 entries- betsjutting noun (symbolic value of something)
Yiddish
2 entries- טײַטש noun (symbolic value of something)
- טײַטש noun (definition or connotation of a word)
Sample sentences
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