What is another word for intend?
1127 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪntˈɛnd], [ ɪntˈɛnd], [ ɪ_n_t_ˈɛ_n_d]
The word "intend" means to have a purpose or plan in mind. There are many synonyms for this word that express the same or similar meaning. Some of the synonyms for "intend" are: plan, aim, design, contemplate, propose, scheme, resolve, hope, aspire, intend, purpose, project, mean, expect, want, anticipate, target, foresee, and determine. Each synonym connotes a slightly different nuance, and some may be more appropriate in certain contexts than others. Nevertheless, these synonyms can be useful for improving one's vocabulary and communication skills, and for expressing ideas and intentions more precisely and powerfully.
Synonyms for Intend:
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• aim- de sign ,
- de signed ,
- de signing ,
- de signs ,
- de-sign ,
- de-signed ,
- de-signing ,
- de-signs ,
- in tend ,
- in tended ,
- in tending ,
- in tends ,
- in-tend ,
- in-tended ,
- in-tending ,
- in-tends ,
- pro pose ,
- pro posed ,
- pro posing ,
- pro-pose ,
- pro-posing ,
- set one sights on ,
- set ones sights on ,
- set sights on ,
- sets one sights on ,
- sets one's sights on ,
- sets ones sights on ,
- sets sights on ,
- setting one sights on ,
- setting one's sights on ,
- setting ones sights on ,
- setting sights on ,
- zeroed in on ,
- zeroed on ,
- zeroes in on ,
- zeroes on ,
- zeroing in on ,
- zeroing on ,
- zoom in ,
- zoomed in ,
- zooming in ,
- zooms in .
- be token ,
- be tokened ,
- be tokening ,
- be tokens ,
- be-token ,
- be-tokened ,
- be-tokening ,
- be-tokens ,
- hinting at ,
- hints at ,
- in sinuate ,
- in sinuated ,
- in sinuates ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuate ,
- in-sinuated ,
- in-sinuates ,
- in-sinuating .
- aspired to ,
- aspires to ,
- brooded over ,
- brooding over ,
- broods over ,
- chewed over ,
- chewing over ,
- chews over ,
- cooled out ,
- cooling out ,
- cools out ,
- de liberate ,
- de liberated ,
- de liberates ,
- de liberating ,
- de-liberate ,
- de-liberated ,
- de-liberates ,
- de-liberating ,
- ex cogitate ,
- ex cogitated ,
- ex cogitates ,
- ex cogitating ,
- ex-cogitate ,
- ex-cogitated ,
- ex-cogitates ,
- ex-cogitating ,
- fore saw ,
- fore see ,
- fore seeing ,
- fore seen ,
- fore sees ,
- fore-saw ,
- fore-see ,
- fore-seeing ,
- fore-seen ,
- fore-sees ,
- kicks around ,
- meditated on ,
- meditates on ,
- meditating on ,
- mulled over ,
- mused over ,
- muses over ,
- musing over ,
- perpended ,
- perpending ,
- perpends ,
- reflect up on ,
- reflected up on ,
- reflecting up on ,
- reflecting upon ,
- reflects up on ,
- reflects upon ,
- sized up ,
- sizes up ,
- thinks of .
- be spake ,
- be speak ,
- be speaking ,
- be speaks ,
- be spoke ,
- be spoken ,
- be-spake ,
- be-speak ,
- be-speaking ,
- be-speaks ,
- be-spoke ,
- be-spoken ,
- de note ,
- de noted ,
- de notes ,
- de noting ,
- de-note ,
- de-noted ,
- de-notes ,
- de-noting ,
- hanged sign on ,
- hanging sign on ,
- hangs sign on ,
- hung sign on ,
- puts down for ,
- puts finger on ,
- putting down for ,
- putting finger on ,
- symboled ,
- symboling .
- de cree ,
- de creed ,
- de crees ,
- de vote ,
- de voted ,
- de votes ,
- de voting ,
- de-cree ,
- de-creed ,
- de-crees ,
- de-vote ,
- de-voted ,
- de-votes ,
- de-voting ,
- doomed to ,
- dooming to ,
- dooms to ,
- fore ordain ,
- fore ordained ,
- fore ordaining ,
- fore ordains ,
- fore-ordain ,
- fore-ordained ,
- fore-ordaining ,
- fore-ordains ,
- marked out ,
- marks out ,
- pre destine ,
- pre destined ,
- pre destines ,
- pre destining ,
- pre form ,
- pre formed ,
- pre forming ,
- pre forms ,
- pre ordain ,
- pre ordained ,
- pre ordaining ,
- pre ordains ,
- pre-destine ,
- pre-destined ,
- pre-destines ,
- pre-destining ,
- pre-form ,
- pre-formed ,
- pre-forming ,
- pre-forms ,
- pre-ordain ,
- pre-ordained ,
- pre-ordaining ,
- pre-ordains ,
- preforming ,
- preforms ,
- re serve ,
- re served ,
- re serving ,
- re-serve ,
- re-served ,
- re-serves ,
- re-serving .
- in cline ,
- in clines ,
- in-cline ,
- in-clines ,
- moved in ,
- moves in ,
- point way ,
- pointed the way ,
- pointed way ,
- pointing the way ,
- pointing way ,
- points the way ,
- points way ,
- pre sent ,
- pre-sent ,
- pre-sents ,
- sighted on ,
- sighting on ,
- sights on ,
- zeroes in ,
- zeroing in .
- alludes to ,
- alluding to ,
- had in mind ,
- had mind ,
- haddest in mind ,
- haddest mind ,
- hadst in mind ,
- hadst mind ,
- has mind ,
- hast in mind ,
- hast mind ,
- hath in mind ,
- hath mind ,
- have mind ,
- having in mind ,
- having mind ,
- refers to .
- bade for ,
- bidding for ,
- bids for ,
- did best ,
- did one best ,
- did one's best ,
- did ones best ,
- didst best ,
- didst one best ,
- didst one's best ,
- didst ones best ,
- do best ,
- do one best ,
- do ones best ,
- does best ,
- does one best ,
- does one's best ,
- does ones best ,
- doest best ,
- doest one best ,
- doest one's best ,
- doest ones best ,
- doeth best ,
- doeth one best ,
- doeth one's best ,
- doeth ones best ,
- doing best ,
- doing one best ,
- doing one's best ,
- doing ones best ,
- dost best ,
- dost one best ,
- dost one's best ,
- dost ones best ,
- doth best ,
- doth one best ,
- doth one's best ,
- doth ones best ,
- goes for broke ,
- had a crack ,
- had a shot at ,
- had a swing at ,
- had crack ,
- had shot at ,
- had swing at ,
- haddest a crack ,
- haddest a shot at ,
- haddest a swing at ,
- haddest crack ,
- haddest shot at ,
- haddest swing at ,
- hadst a crack ,
- hadst a shot at ,
- hadst a swing at ,
- hadst crack ,
- hadst shot at ,
- hadst swing at ,
- hammering away ,
- has a crack ,
- has a shot at ,
- has a swing at ,
- has crack ,
- has shot at ,
- has swing at ,
- hast a crack ,
- hast a shot at ,
- hast a swing at ,
- hast crack ,
- hast shot at ,
- hast swing at ,
- hath a crack ,
- hath a shot at ,
- hath a swing at ,
- hath crack ,
- hath shot at ,
- hath swing at ,
- have crack ,
- have shot at ,
- have swing at ,
- having a crack ,
- having a shot at ,
- having a swing at ,
- having crack ,
- having shot at ,
- having swing at ,
- made a run at ,
- made an effort ,
- made effort ,
- made run at ,
- make run at ,
- makes a run at ,
- makes an effort ,
- makes effort ,
- makes run at ,
- making a run at ,
- making an effort ,
- making effort ,
- making run at ,
- pegged away ,
- pegging away ,
- pegs away ,
- poured it on ,
- poured on ,
- pouring it on ,
- pouring on ,
- pours it on ,
- pours on ,
- takes pains ,
- taking pains ,
- took pains ,
- under take ,
- under taken ,
- under takes ,
- under taking ,
- under took ,
- under-taken ,
- under-takes ,
- under-taking ,
- went for broke .
- Re-present ,
- de clare ,
- de clares ,
- de pict ,
- de picts ,
- de-clare ,
- de-clares ,
- de-pict ,
- de-picts ,
- dis close ,
- dis closed ,
- dis closes ,
- dis closing ,
- dis-close ,
- dis-closed ,
- dis-closes ,
- dis-closing ,
- ex press ,
- ex pressed ,
- ex presses ,
- ex pressing ,
- ex-press ,
- ex-pressed ,
- ex-presses ,
- ex-pressing ,
- makes known ,
- popping off ,
- pops off ,
- pro claim ,
- pro claimed ,
- pro claiming ,
- pro claims ,
- pro-claiming ,
- pro-claims ,
- put in to words ,
- puts across ,
- puts in to words ,
- puts into words ,
- putting across ,
- putting in to words ,
- putting into words ,
- re present ,
- re presented ,
- re presenting ,
- re presents ,
- re veals ,
- re-presented ,
- re-presenting ,
- re-presents ,
- re-veal ,
- re-veals .
- gave a hint ,
- gave hint ,
- give hint ,
- gives a hint ,
- gives hint ,
- giving a hint ,
- giving hint ,
- points to ,
- pre suppose ,
- pre supposed ,
- pre supposes ,
- pre supposing ,
- pre-suppose ,
- pre-supposed ,
- pre-supposes ,
- pre-supposing .
- de vise ,
- de vised ,
- de vising ,
- de-vise ,
- de-vised ,
- de-vising ,
- entertained idea ,
- entertaining idea ,
- entertains idea ,
- put thinking cap ,
- puts on thinking cap ,
- puts thinking cap ,
- putting on thinking cap ,
- putting thinking cap ,
- puzzled over ,
- puzzles over ,
- puzzling over ,
- said oneself ,
- said to oneself ,
- say oneself ,
- saying oneself ,
- saying to oneself ,
- says oneself ,
- says to oneself ,
- thinks deeply ,
- thinks over ,
- thought deeply .
- cognominated ,
- cognominates ,
- cognominating ,
- de nominate ,
- de nominated ,
- de nominates ,
- de nominating ,
- de-nominate ,
- de-nominated ,
- de-nominates ,
- de-nominating ,
- re commend ,
- re commended ,
- re commending ,
- re commends ,
- re-commend ,
- re-commended ,
- re-commending ,
- re-commends .
- pre meditate ,
- pre meditated ,
- pre meditates ,
- pre meditating ,
- pre-meditate ,
- pre-meditated ,
- pre-meditates ,
- pre-meditating .
- de lineate ,
- de lineated ,
- de-lineate ,
- de-lineated ,
- fore cast ,
- fore casting ,
- fore casts ,
- fore-cast ,
- fore-casting ,
- fore-casts ,
- mapped out ,
- maps out ,
- out line ,
- out lined ,
- out lines ,
- out lining ,
- out-line ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lines ,
- out-lining ,
- pre determine ,
- pre determined ,
- pre determines ,
- pre determining ,
- pre dict ,
- pre-determine ,
- pre-determined ,
- pre-determines ,
- pre-determining ,
- pre-dict .
- posed as ,
- poses as ,
- posing as ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tending ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tending ,
- pre-tends ,
- pro fess ,
- pro fesses ,
- pro-fess ,
- pro-fesses .
- aspire ,
- chase ,
- dog ,
- follow ,
- harry ,
- hunt ,
- pursue ,
- quest ,
- search ,
- seek ,
- sleuth ,
- stalk ,
- tail ,
- track ,
- trail ,
- undertake .
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- de cipher ,
- de ciphered ,
- de ciphering ,
- de ciphers ,
- de-cipher ,
- de-ciphered ,
- de-ciphering ,
- de-ciphers ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- made a point of ,
- made point of ,
- make point of ,
- makes a point of ,
- makes point of ,
- making a point of ,
- making point of ,
- pass up on ,
- passed up on ,
- passed upon ,
- passes up on ,
- passes upon ,
- passing up on ,
- passing upon ,
- puzzled out ,
- puzzles out ,
- puzzling out ,
- re solve ,
- re solved ,
- re solves ,
- re solving ,
- re-solve ,
- re-solved ,
- re-solves ,
- re-solving ,
- remained firm ,
- remaining firm ,
- remains firm ,
- take stand ,
- takes a stand ,
- takes stand ,
- taking a stand ,
- taking stand ,
- took a stand ,
- took stand ,
- un fold ,
- un folded ,
- un folding ,
- un folds ,
- un ravel ,
- un raveled ,
- un raveling ,
- un ravelled ,
- un ravelling ,
- un ravels ,
- un tangle ,
- un tangled ,
- un tangles ,
- un tangling ,
- un zip ,
- un zipping ,
- un zips ,
- un-fold ,
- un-folded ,
- un-folding ,
- un-folds ,
- un-ravel ,
- un-raveled ,
- un-raveling ,
- un-ravelled ,
- un-ravelling ,
- un-ravels ,
- un-tangle ,
- un-tangled ,
- un-tangles ,
- un-tangling ,
- un-zip ,
- un-zipped ,
- un-zipping ,
- un-zips ,
- worked through ,
- working through ,
- works through ,
- wrought through .
- am about to ,
- am obliged ,
- am to ,
- are about to ,
- are to ,
- art about to ,
- art obliged ,
- art to ,
- be to ,
- being about to ,
- being obliged ,
- being to ,
- is about to ,
- is obliged ,
- is to ,
- wanting to ,
- wants to ,
- was about to ,
- was obliged ,
- was to ,
- wast about to ,
- wast obliged ,
- wast to ,
- were about to ,
- were obliged ,
- were to ,
- wert about to ,
- wert obliged ,
- wert to .
- am a sign of ,
- am sign of ,
- are a sign of ,
- are sign of ,
- art a sign of ,
- art sign of ,
- be sign of ,
- being a sign of ,
- being sign of ,
- is a sign of ,
- is sign of ,
- was a sign of ,
- was sign of ,
- wast a sign of ,
- wast sign of ,
- were a sign of ,
- were sign of ,
- wert a sign of ,
- wert sign of .
Other synonyms:
- cohere ,
- envisage ,
- plan on ,
- start out ,
- work up to .
- say .
- record .
- purpose .
Other relevant words:
- Cognominate ,
- Dooming ,
- Earmarked ,
- Imaged ,
- Implying ,
- Intimated ,
- Mattering ,
- Meditated ,
- Perpend ,
- Slated ,
- Slotted ,
- Slotting ,
- Targeted ,
- Tendered ,
- Tendering ,
- Typified ,
- Visioned ,
- Visioning ,
- Winked ,
- Worded ,
- adding up ,
- adds up ,
- aim ,
- allude to ,
- alluded to ,
- aspire to ,
- aspiring to ,
- be a sign of ,
- blueprinted ,
- blueprinting ,
- brood over ,
- calculate ,
- chew over ,
- connote ,
- contemplate ,
- cool out ,
- decide on ,
- denote ,
- destine ,
- diagramed ,
- diagraming ,
- diagrammed ,
- diagramming ,
- direct ,
- doom to ,
- drive at ,
- endeavor ,
- entertain idea ,
- express ,
- fating ,
- foreordain ,
- give a hint ,
- hang sign on ,
- has in mind ,
- have in mind ,
- hint at ,
- hinted at ,
- implied ,
- imply ,
- import ,
- importing ,
- kick around ,
- kicked around ,
- kicking around ,
- levels ,
- made known ,
- make known ,
- making known ,
- map out ,
- mapping out ,
- mark out ,
- marking out ,
- meditate ,
- meditate on ,
- mull over ,
- mulling over ,
- mulls over ,
- muse over ,
- nominate ,
- point to ,
- pointed to ,
- pointing to ,
- pop off ,
- popped off ,
- preform ,
- preformed ,
- premeditate ,
- purport ,
- put across ,
- put down for ,
- put finger on ,
- put into words ,
- put on thinking cap ,
- puzzle over ,
- refer to ,
- referred to ,
- referring to ,
- reflect upon ,
- reflected upon ,
- resolve ,
- revolve ,
- revolved ,
- say to oneself ,
- set one's sights on ,
- shall ,
- signify ,
- size up ,
- sizing up ,
- slating ,
- symbolled ,
- symbolling ,
- tabbed ,
- tabbing ,
- targeting ,
- tenders ,
- think deeply ,
- think of ,
- think over ,
- thinking deeply ,
- thinking of ,
- thinking over ,
- thought of ,
- thought over ,
- verbalize ,
- will ,
- winking ,
- wish ,
- zero in on ,
- zero on .
- Escorted ,
- Piloted ,
- Shepherded ,
- Shepherding ,
- move in ,
- moving in ,
- piloting ,
- point the way ,
- sight on ,
- zero in ,
- zeroed in .
- Endeavoring ,
- bad for ,
- bid for ,
- do one's best ,
- go for broke ,
- going for broke ,
- have a crack ,
- have a shot at ,
- have a swing at ,
- humped ,
- humping ,
- make a run at ,
- make an effort ,
- make effort ,
- peg away ,
- pour it on ,
- pour on ,
- take pains .
- Animi ,
- Intentioned ,
- Methodize ,
- add up ,
- add up to ,
- affiance ,
- aim at ,
- aim to ,
- allot ,
- allow ,
- animus ,
- anticipation ,
- appetency ,
- appetite ,
- appoint ,
- aspire after ,
- assign ,
- attempt ,
- attentively ,
- bank ,
- be about ,
- be after ,
- be at ,
- be determined ,
- be motivated by ,
- be resolved ,
- be willing to ,
- belief ,
- betroth ,
- calculated ,
- calculating ,
- calculation ,
- call up ,
- call-back ,
- caprice ,
- cast ,
- cerebrate ,
- cogitate ,
- concept ,
- conception ,
- concert ,
- condition ,
- consideration ,
- contemplation ,
- correspond ,
- decree ,
- dedicate ,
- deem ,
- delegate ,
- deliberateness ,
- delimit ,
- delimitate ,
- delineate ,
- denominate ,
- depute ,
- designate ,
- designed ,
- determine ,
- devise ,
- devote ,
- directed ,
- doom ,
- drift ,
- drive ,
- driven ,
- drove ,
- earmark ,
- earnestly ,
- endeavour ,
- engage ,
- entail ,
- envision ,
- essay ,
- expectancy ,
- expectation ,
- fate ,
- feeling ,
- figure ,
- figure on ,
- fix ,
- fixedly ,
- forecast ,
- foresee ,
- frame ,
- get ,
- go ,
- go for ,
- going ,
- guess ,
- have every intention ,
- have in view ,
- have to ,
- hint ,
- hold still for ,
- hope to ,
- idea ,
- image ,
- imagination ,
- imagine ,
- imported ,
- impression ,
- insinuate ,
- intent ,
- intentionality ,
- intently ,
- intimate ,
- judgment ,
- lay plans ,
- limit ,
- long ,
- long for ,
- look ,
- look at ,
- look forward ,
- look forward to ,
- look upon ,
- make arrangements ,
- mark ,
- meaning ,
- midland ,
- nail down ,
- narrow ,
- narrow down ,
- notion ,
- offer ,
- opine ,
- opinion ,
- organise ,
- organize ,
- particularise ,
- particularize ,
- peg down ,
- pin down ,
- plan ahead ,
- planned ,
- point ,
- ponder ,
- prearrange ,
- program ,
- project ,
- put forward ,
- qualify ,
- rationalize ,
- recall ,
- reckon ,
- reckoning ,
- recollect ,
- reflection ,
- remember ,
- remind ,
- represent ,
- reserve ,
- retrieve ,
- schedule ,
- schematize ,
- set ,
- set up ,
- shape ,
- show ,
- specialise ,
- specialize ,
- specify ,
- spelling ,
- stand for ,
- stipulate ,
- study ,
- suppose ,
- symbolise ,
- symbolize ,
- systematize ,
- target ,
- tenor ,
- think ,
- think about ,
- try ,
- typify ,
- weigh ,
- work out ,
- work up ,
- would .
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How to use "Intend" in context?
When we speak of "intent" we are referring to the mental plan or wishes that we have for something. Intent can be very complex and often includes either a goal or a desired outcome. When we have intent, we are motivated to act in a certain way in order to bring about the desired results. Intent can be strong or weak, depending on the level of conviction we have in our goal. Intent can be clarified in many ways- for example, when we say that we are going to study for an exam, we have strong intent because we are committed to achieving our goal.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
intended.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
facts.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
aim, anticipate, are, aspire, consider, contemplate, plan, purport, purpose, seek, think, want, wish, loans, AM.
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Verb, base form
aim, anticipate, consider, contemplate, plan, planned, purpose, seek, think, want, wish, Considering.
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Proper noun, singular
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