INTENTIONS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

intentions

noun

plural of intention

as in goals

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish her intention is to climb the highest peak in each of the 50 states

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the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action she was uncertain of the intention of his frantic gesturing

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Recent Examples of intentions Early on, Issa and Paul Baker each confess their private intentions for the night to a friend. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White have since declared their intentions to enter the WNBA Draft. — Ryan Gaydos , Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Especially when this rule is not always strictly enforced, its intentions can leave things open to interpretation while also causing potential safety concerns for coaches in the line of play. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Owners may feel pressed into repairs The Kremlin’s exact intentions with the decree are unclear. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 There is no control tower at the field, so pilots communicate their intentions on a common radio frequency, an arrangement common at small airports. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Good intentions can become intentional malice when policymakers ignore clear warnings and leave taxpayers stuck with the bill. — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, the 11-time WNBA All-Star and longtime WNBPA President announced her intentions to retire at the end of this season. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 The 36-year-old eight-time All-WNBA forward, who is back with the Los Angeles Sparks this season after two years in Seattle, announced her intentions Wednesday in an interview with Boardroom Talks. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The Sun conjoins Mercury in Virgo and your 10th House of Career, Reputation, Authority, and Public Life, helping your goals become easier to explain.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Sanchez also had a pair of goals in the Courage’s 2-1 victory over the Boston Legacy on Saturday.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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In December, Australia became the first country to ban social media for kids under 16, and countries including Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Indonesia have since enacted or approved similar plans.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Several Kansas City community leaders are calling for residents to have a meaningful role in selecting the city’s next police chief, weeks after Stacey Graves announced plans to retire next year.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of plans

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Anthropic wanted assurance that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, and the DOD wanted Anthropic to grant the agency unfettered access to Claude across all lawful purposes.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Governments generally don’t need a model that’s as powerful as what’s on the frontier to automate a few tasks; Ting explains that a tiny model, even one with as few as 1 billion parameters, can suit those purposes.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of purposes

Noun

But ProPublica and The Post found that Richardson was, for all intents and purposes, still in charge of the club, a violation of his suspension.

— Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 20 Aug. 2026
Nearly every customer relationship, operational workflow, escalation path and commercial outcome emerges from one of these two conversational intents.

— Naresh Prajapati, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of intents

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Russian forces have long targeted the strategic cities of Kostyantynivka, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk as part of a push to completely capture the Donetsk Oblast, one of the Kremlin’s key objectives in the conflict.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Technical objectives and operational milestones are expected to be disclosed as the programs progress.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of objectives

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Scientists use this technique, called candling — which historically entailed holding up a burning candle — to assess the contents of shark eggs for health, viability and genetic diversity.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
This way auditors, regulators, and even customers can confirm a record is genuine without seeing its contents.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026

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