intentional

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=ten=tion=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

intentional, a. [Cf. F. intentionnel.].

 Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental. Opposite of unintentional or unintended.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intentional, adj. done on purpose.

Derivative

intentionality n. intentionally adv.

Etymology

F intentionnel or med.L intentionalis (as INTENTION)

THESAURUS

intentional

advised, aimed, aimed at, calculated, conscious, considered, contemplated, contrived, deliberate, deliberated, designed, envisaged, envisioned, intended, knowing, meant, meditated, of design, on purpose, planned, preconceived, premeditated, projected, proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, studied, teleological, unforced, voluntary, willful, willing, witting

ROGET THESAURUS

intentional

Intention

N intent, intention, intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition, contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, the be all and the end all, drift, tendency, destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain, prey, quarry, game, decision, determination, resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose, ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive, teleology, intended, intentional, advised, express, determinate, prepense, bound for, intending, minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological, intentionally, advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly, with intent, deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes, The road to hell is paved with good intentions, sublimi feriam sidera vertice.