Definition for Intention:

• In surgery, a process or operation.

Synonyms for Intention:

• n.

  •
  • planned,
  • why,
  • why and wherefore,
  • meaning.
  •
  • way.
  •
  • end.
  •act (noun)
  • intention.
  •aim (noun)
  • study at purpose.
  •cause (noun)
  • Movements.
  •contemplation (noun)
  • re flection,
  • re-flections,
  • de-liberation,
  • de liberation,
  • de-liberations,
  • re-flection,
  • de liberations,
  • re flections.
  •design (noun)
  • design.
  •destination (noun)
  • journey's ends,
  • restingplace,
  • resting-places,
  • journey end,
  • landing places,
  • landingplaces,
  • landingplace,
  • restingplaces,
  • journeys ends,
  • journeys end,
  • resting places,
  • landing-places,
  • journey ends.
  •destiny (noun)
  • after-lives,
  • way the cookie crumble,
  • after lives,
  • divine decrees,
  • course events,
  • fore-ordinations,
  • way ball bounces,
  • predeterminations,
  • pre-determination,
  • pro-spects,
  • pre destinations,
  • the star,
  • fore ordination,
  • course event,
  • After-life,
  • pro spects,
  • wheel fortune,
  • pre determination,
  • way the ball bounce,
  • what is writtens,
  • pre determinations,
  • foreordinations,
  • course of event,
  • fore ordinations,
  • pre-destination,
  • pro spect,
  • way ball bounce,
  • world come,
  • way cookie crumble,
  • pre-destinations,
  • pre destination,
  • pre-determinations,
  • moirais.
  •effort (noun)
  • pro ducts,
  • pro-duct,
  • under-taking,
  • under taking,
  • pro duct,
  • under-takings,
  • pro-ducts.
  •expectation (noun)
  • prediction,
  • looking forward,
  • likelihood.
  •free will (noun)
  • free choice,
  • person's full intent and purpose,
  • own sweet way,
  • velleity,
  • one's choice,
  • one's own will,
  • one's own choice,
  • say so,
  • free decision,
  • voluntary decision,
  • own say so,
  • one's discretion,
  • Conation.
  •goal (noun)
  • designation,
  • impulsion,
  • hope,
  • struggle,
  • purpose,
  • animus.
  •idea (noun)
  • Significancy,
  • believed abstraction,
  • hypothesis.
  •plan (noun)
  • arrangement,
  • chart,
  • plot,
  • blueprint,
  • contrivance,
  • conception,
  • anticipation,
  • premeditation,
  • invention,
  • coordination,
  • proposition.
  •point (noun)
  • nittygritty,
  • validnesses.
  •pursuit (noun)
  • mission,
  • undertaking,
  • search,
  • lodestar,
  • pursuit,
  • vocation,
  • life work,
  • aspiration,
  • quest,
  • profession.
  •resolution (noun)
  • immovability,
  • fixed purpose,
  • purposiveness,
  • staunchness,
  • immovabilities.
  •target (noun)
  • bull'seye,
  • bulleye,
  • bull-eye,
  • bullseye,
  • bulls eye,
  • bull eye.
  •thought (noun)
  • thought.
  •will (noun)
  • de-crees,
  • hearts desires,
  • selfdiscipline,
  • heart desire,
  • self disciplines,
  • pinings,
  • heart desires,
  • self discipline,
  • self control,
  • de cree,
  • selfdisciplines,
  • self-disciplines,
  • heart's desires,
  • selfrestraint,
  • de crees,
  • willfulnesses,
  • de-cree,
  • self restraint.
  •wish (noun)
  • in vocation,
  • in-vocations,
  • re-quests,
  • in vocations,
  • re quests.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • orientation,
  • drive at.
  •
  • sight.
  •
  • reason.
  •
  • come in.

Paraphrases for Intention:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    intent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    intent, goal.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Records, facts, seminars.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    objective, idea, attempt, interest, notion, Intending, object, consideration, effort, readiness, mind, decision, disposition, volition, indication, point, Envisaged, proposal, vision, initiative, willpower, destination, concept, end, will, direction, submission, thrust, expectation.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    intended.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    aim, ambition, desire, determination, willingness, inclination, aspiration, wish, motive, motivation, target, spirit, attention, meaning, concern, resolve, sentiment, intentionality, goodwill.

Antonyms for Intention:

• n.

  • goal
    discouragement.
  • Other antonyms:
    carelessness, avoidance, method, oversight, thoughtlessness, neglect, way, aimlessness, negligence, purposelessness, heedlessness, means.

Intention Sentence Examples:

• Still, he could scarcely do so when the rest were there, and Lucy Coulson, at least, showed no intention of leaving him and the girl alone.

• I am out of sorts and have no intention of going ashore.

Hyponym for Intention:

• n.

  • act
    volition, willing.
  • cognition
    end, goal.