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Adjective purposeful has 2 senses

• purposeful(a = adj.all) Array - serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal; Array
Derived form noun purposefulness₁
Antonym: purposeless

• purposeful(s = adj.all) Array - having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life"
Derived form noun purposefulness₁

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THESAURUS

purposeful

advised, affirmed, aimed, aimed at, bound, bound and determined, calculated, certain, committed, confirmed, conscious, considered, contemplated, decided, decisive, dedicated, definite, deliberate, deliberated, designed, determined, devoted, dogged, earnest, envisaged, envisioned, firm, fixed, intended, intentional, knowing, meant, meditated, obstinate, of design, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, planned, positive, projected, proposed, purposed, purposive, relentless, resolute, resolved, serious, settled, sincere, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, strong-willed, studied, sure, teleological, tenacious, unfailing, unfaltering, voluntary, wholehearted, willful, witting

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