Synonyms for Purposeful:

• adj.

  •active (adjective)
  • lively,
  • quick,
  • perky,
  • hard-working,
  • on the move,
  • fireball,
  • forcible,
  • hyper,
  • quickest.
  •all (adjective)
  • purposeful.
  •ambitious (adjective)
  • go getter,
  • High-reaching,
  • bent upon,
  • get up and go,
  • hard ball,
  • goal-oriented,
  • self-starting,
  • inspired,
  • power-loving,
  • ball of fire,
  • come on strong,
  • thirsty.
  •businesslike (adjective)
  • disciplined,
  • matter-of-fact,
  • matter of fact,
  • well-ordered,
  • workaday.
  •decided (adjective)
  • un wavering,
  • ironjawed,
  • iron jawed,
  • strong minded,
  • un faltering,
  • more strongminded,
  • in flexible,
  • most strongminded,
  • more iron-jawed,
  • un yielding,
  • re-solved,
  • most resolved,
  • more strong minded,
  • un-yielding,
  • most iron-jawed,
  • iron-jawed,
  • most strong-minded,
  • more resolved,
  • most strong minded,
  • un-wavering,
  • more iron jawed,
  • strongminded,
  • un-bending,
  • un hesitating,
  • most iron jawed,
  • un-hesitating,
  • more strong-minded,
  • un-faltering,
  • most ironjawed,
  • un bending,
  • re solved,
  • in-flexible,
  • more ironjawed.
  •dedicated (adjective)
  • singlehearted,
  • true blue,
  • de-voted,
  • most single-hearted,
  • more single hearted,
  • more single-hearted,
  • most singlehearted,
  • single hearted,
  • true to end,
  • true end,
  • true the end,
  • single minded,
  • de voted,
  • most single hearted,
  • more singlehearted.
  •deliberate (adjective)
  • purposive,
  • coldblooded,
  • cut and dried,
  • provident,
  • with forethought,
  • done on purpose,
  • Designful,
  • predesigned,
  • thought out,
  • prearranged,
  • aforethought,
  • Predeterminate,
  • Prepense,
  • Schemed.
  •deliberative (adjective)
  • more meditating,
  • most contemplating,
  • more contemplating,
  • more reasoning,
  • de liberative,
  • most meditating,
  • de-liberative,
  • most reasoning,
  • ex-cogitative,
  • ex cogitative.
  •determined (adjective)
  • more hard-as-nails,
  • most hard-as-nails,
  • more hard as nails,
  • most hard as nails,
  • steadfast,
  • strong willed,
  • on ice,
  • strongwilled,
  • un-flinching,
  • un flinching.
  •earnest (adjective)
  • more perseverant,
  • vehement,
  • most fervid,
  • most perseverant.
  •hardworking (adjective)
  • industrious.
  •industrious (adjective)
  • more plugging,
  • psyched on,
  • grindest,
  • most plugging,
  • on go,
  • Operose,
  • psyched upon.
  •meaningful (adjective)
  • explanatory,
  • indicative,
  • descriptive,
  • explicit,
  • communicative,
  • relevant,
  • definitive,
  • significant,
  • denotational,
  • topical.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • in full swing,
  • thought-out,
  • meaningful,
  • gone into,
  • earnest,
  • active,
  • given over to,
  • Single-hearted,
  • psyched up on,
  • willful,
  • studied,
  • businesslike,
  • on the go,
  • thought about,
  • true to the end,
  • old faithful,
  • determined,
  • hardboiled,
  • hard as nails,
  • thought through,
  • strong-minded,
  • decided,
  • tenacious,
  • ambitious,
  • singleminded,
  • set on,
  • deliberate,
  • thought-through,
  • grinder,
  • deliberative,
  • Perseverant,
  • dedicated,
  • thought-about,
  • resolute,
  • hard-as-nails,
  • directed.
  •resolute (adjective)
  • intent upon.
  •studied (adjective)
  • pre-pared,
  • most thoughtout,
  • most thought-through,
  • most thought-about,
  • well considered,
  • most thoughtabout,
  • most thought-out,
  • more thought-about,
  • thoughtthrough,
  • pre pared,
  • more thought-through,
  • more thought out,
  • more thought about,
  • most thoughtthrough,
  • more thoughtthrough,
  • most well considered,
  • re viewed,
  • more thought through,
  • more well-considered,
  • more well considered,
  • more thoughtout,
  • more plotted,
  • most well-considered,
  • wellconsidered,
  • gone in to,
  • thoughtabout,
  • thoughtout,
  • well-considered,
  • most wellconsidered,
  • more thought-out,
  • most thought through,
  • most thought about,
  • more wellconsidered,
  • most thought out,
  • re-viewed,
  • most plotted,
  • more thoughtabout.
  •tenacious (adjective)
  • retentive,
  • unforgetful.
  •willful (adjective)
  • most contemplated,
  • most willed,
  • more willed,
  • un-forced,
  • un forced,
  • more contemplated.

• n.

  •
  • motivated.
  •
  • helpful,
  • useful,
  • operative,
  • functional,
  • worthwhile,
  • efficient,
  • effective,
  • valuable,
  • practical,
  • high-powered,
  • profitable.
  •
  • purpose,
  • voluntary.
  •goal-directed (noun)
  • goal-directed.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • hard-boiled,
  • ravening,
  • inch,
  • feisty,
  • daunt,
  • intent,
  • flinty,
  • Hard-headed,
  • insistent,
  • stoutly,
  • bullheaded,
  • robustly,
  • headstrong,
  • stick,
  • sustained,
  • stubborn,
  • inflexible,
  • fast,
  • militant,
  • gritty,
  • firmly,
  • driven,
  • smartly,
  • adamantine,
  • pertinacious,
  • strong,
  • manfully,
  • monolithic,
  • aggressive,
  • sit,
  • indomitable,
  • pigheaded,
  • unrelenting,
  • penny,
  • strident,
  • go-getter,
  • bloody-minded,
  • lean,
  • dogged,
  • bullish,
  • dauntless,
  • stand,
  • budge,
  • sturdy,
  • single-minded,
  • gutsy,
  • doughty,
  • self-willed,
  • pushy,
  • dyed-in-the-wool,
  • gun,
  • forceful,
  • firm,
  • redoubtable,
  • set,
  • urgent,
  • undaunted,
  • persistent,
  • importunate,
  • shrill,
  • unbending,
  • bent,
  • wedded,
  • obstinate,
  • incorrigible,
  • tough,
  • stout,
  • competitive,
  • serious,
  • Four-square,
  • obdurate,
  • strong-willed,
  • concerted,
  • dig,
  • iron,
  • intransigent,
  • wilful,
  • going,
  • stouthearted,
  • stern,
  • adamant,
  • fury,
  • unyielding,
  • immovable,
  • bound,
  • take,
  • rain,
  • persevere,
  • fervent,
  • square,
  • steely,
  • Hell,
  • stop,
  • mulish,
  • recalcitrant.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • strenuous,
  • unflinching,
  • uncompromising,
  • unbroken,
  • undeterred,
  • unwavering,
  • unbowed,
  • would-be,
  • heroic,
  • overambitious,
  • witting,
  • vaulting,
  • unswerving,
  • untiring,
  • aspiring,
  • persevering,
  • relentless,
  • tough-minded,
  • sedulous,
  • unstoppable.
  •
  • hotly,
  • grim,
  • intended,
  • intentional.
  •
  • robust.
  •
  • hot.
  •industrious
  • diligent.
  •matter of fact
  • no-nonsense.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • enthusiastic,
  • vigorous,
  • bound and determined,
  • confirmed,
  • zealous,
  • workable,
  • unchangeable,
  • energetic,
  • fixed,
  • pragmatic,
  • unchanging,
  • audacious,
  • adventurous,
  • daring,
  • busy,
  • determinate,
  • immutable,
  • keen,
  • undeviating,
  • unflagging,
  • freewill,
  • purpose-made,
  • emotionless,
  • leading,
  • mean business,
  • go ahead,
  • designed,
  • Contemplated,
  • enterprising,
  • projected,
  • calculated,
  • sincere,
  • definite,
  • stalwart,
  • conscious,
  • steady,
  • Meant,
  • unalterable,
  • unshakable,
  • dead set on,
  • mettlesome,
  • affirmed,
  • positive,
  • express,
  • persisting,
  • eager,
  • preconceived,
  • telelogical,
  • resolved,
  • premeditated,
  • proposed,
  • resourceful,
  • staunch,
  • considered,
  • unhesitant,
  • spirited,
  • careful,
  • advised,
  • assiduous,
  • shrewd,
  • venturesome,
  • Meditated,
  • constant,
  • teleological,
  • intense,
  • on purpose,
  • sure,
  • unshaken,
  • dispassionate,
  • usable,
  • be out for blood,
  • wholehearted,
  • Deliberated,
  • Weighed,
  • unfaltering,
  • serviceable,
  • committed,
  • contrived,
  • playing hard ball,
  • bold,
  • Aimed,
  • cold-blooded,
  • irreversible,
  • Envisaged,
  • meaning,
  • knowing,
  • purpose-built,
  • cool,
  • Willed,
  • certain,
  • Purposed,
  • unhesitating,
  • Cold-hearted,
  • applicable,
  • cold,
  • devoted,
  • planned,
  • bulldog,
  • utilitarian,
  • unfailing,
  • aimed at,
  • indefatigable,
  • brave,
  • unshakeable,
  • tireless,
  • settled,
  • courageous,
  • envisioned,
  • changeless,
  • decisive.

Paraphrases for Purposeful:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    purposive.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    target-oriented, affirmative, fruitful, voluntary, committed, targetted.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    deliberate, meaningful, intentional, resolute, Targeted, single-minded, wilful, thoughtful, voluntarist, goal-oriented, decisive, proactive, well-targeted, willful, determined, focused, well-considered, pro-active, single-mindedly, forceful, systematic, vigorous, constructive, expedient, assertive, focussed, worthwhile, thought-out, steadfast, sensible, firm, ambitious, conscious, oriented.

Antonyms for Purposeful:

• adj.

  • all
    purposeless.
  • resolved to do something
    thoughtless, aimless, weak, unplanned, wanton.
  • Other antonyms:
    inadvertent, impetuous, indisposed, unwitting, hesitant, compulsory, indecisive, chance, casual, mandatory, suspicious, unresolved, doubtful, nonelective, undetermined, unsettled, wavering, mistrustful, irresolute, unpremeditated, impulsive, accidental, instinctive, unsure, loath, faltering, extemporaneous, sudden, reluctant, unforced, nonmeaningful, spontaneous, distrustful, undecided, incidental, required, obligatory, vacillating, hit-or-miss, abrupt, impromptu, skeptical, uncertain, weak-kneed, ordered, dubious, unconvinced, necessary, disinclined.