Describing Wordsfor Purpose

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Here are some adjectives for purpose: apparent reasonable, ambitious or unworthy, far-off doubtful, sole and evident, definite didactic, wasteful, stupid, bold and solemn, material or essential, temporary and sole, open ingenious, true unconquerable, common unlawful, purely scientific and philanthropic, eternal and most free, high, inexorable, meanly ambitious or unworthy, meanly ambitious, stiff and strenuous, stout moral, substantial symbolic, observable reasonable, useless but legally acceptable, other, benign, true viable, avowed and sincere, general and ever-present, high and ultimate, definite and masterful, skilled, single-minded, prime but private. You can get the definitions of these purpose adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to purpose (and find more here).

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Words to Describe purpose

Below is a list of describing words for purpose. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe purpose:

apparent reasonable ambitious or unworthy far-off doubtful sole and evident definite didactic wasteful, stupid bold and solemn material or essential temporary and sole open ingenious true unconquerable common unlawful purely scientific and philanthropic eternal and most free high, inexorable meanly ambitious or unworthy meanly ambitious stiff and strenuous stout moral substantial symbolic observable reasonable useless but legally acceptable other, benign
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true viable avowed and sincere general and ever-present high and ultimate definite and masterful skilled, single-minded prime but private natural, nominal dark and specific wondrous and inflexible good and desperate common or culinary intelligent, comprehensive special and sole penitential, loving other and quite distinct special strategic innocent and logical single, unbreakable hearty and plain real, undeclared primarily commercial and scientific serious and timeless single and material grim and agile cold premeditated cruel and unattainable imply weak slightest revolutionary definite utilitarian serious and explicit basic, animal all-pervading moral tangible, positive his-real trivial defensive raw, blind eccentric but innocent anyhow decent benign or anyhow decent larger, historic basic constructive cunning and malevolent old and very important current, unswerving earthly decent seemingly sole frankly benevolent visible fictional useful and merciful sane and useful full and insolent grim unalterable vague but sole original avowed collective synthetic main musical practical or even historical well-defined, selfish definite and especial healthy, definite specific charitable double sanitary essential and immediate inglorious, fatal obtrusively moral main serious serious didactic specific finite praiseworthy and valiant immediate and smaller evidently selective sleepless and indomitable stern inarticulate ungracious, ignoble ostensible mechanical ostensible, useful everyday useful conscious or social legitimate and great darkly obscure honest or intelligible vast and collateral special or temporary new and dual absolute single-minded resolute intellectual sinister and violent original and chief mad, idyllic rugged uncongenial inscrutable ornamental significant emblematical striking and formal sinister ultimate well-defined piratical invisible additional permanent and steadfast vital functional grim and entirely serious dull but single-minded official and impassioned main regiminal regiminal brief useful guaranteed-practical solid, guaranteed-practical evident and definite obvious dual steadfast strenuous single or periodic blindingly important great and dismal \-elemental pure, \-elemental eccentric commemorative strange and medieval avowed and concerted avowed moral rude physiological unswerving architectural practical or logical topical and satiric profoundly foolish definite evil sole and fundamental thine immutable shameful or scandalous common and congenial determinate and salutary common, immutable unchangeable and fundamental three-fold, meritorious mystical or ceremonial unauthorized and unjustifiable paradoxical double solid effectual familiar, heroic decent practical great and equally ideal ideal cultural optional and supplementary different and supplementary temporary or particular fervently benevolent steadfast, inflexible sole and generous distinct suggestive difficult artistic hardly commendable clear and foregone lofty world-wide worthy and final direct, interested and practical powerful and tangible avowed artistic important but temporary equally proper and original intelligible or intelligent secret but worthy earnestly avowed immediate benevolent eternal gracious absolutely disinterested and harmless ideal synthetic original logical spiritual and altruistic fervent moral apparently hospitable definite, simple secret secondary divine, unimpeachable wise and various edifying and necessary logical or theological trifling or dishonest real, deep-seated common well-defined self-conscious collective definite and very practical definite and perhaps sordid zeal and similar similarly evasive fine eventual vital, urgent practical and urgent former and wiser rare common common and desperate overall architectural blank mindless other devious common constructive rigorously definite deep and resolute wise eternal non-commercial large and definite persistent and secretive practical or sentimental practical demagogic remotely serious specifically scientific inherently malevolent silent, relentless still restorative fourth specific sixth specific divine strong common and positive merciless and mysterious calm and eager grim and unshakeable essential unspoken dangerous, implacable insane, nonsensical unguessably horrible major present unsorceral decidedly unsorceral prosaic and decidedly unsorceral mad, lunatic actual and wholly benevolent strange, unalterable hard, single-minded unstated mutual unbreakable, little grisly former useful or sentimental traditional and useful awful, penitential limited and expendable powerful, unconscious but tremendous unconscious but tremendous solid functional unseen but meaningful ordinary predatory main philological harsh, righteous doubtless vile unknown but doubtless vile blobby general laborious and inevitable slow, laborious and inevitable vital secondary rather wanton absolutely unclean restless, indefinite noble true long-cherished and secret specific beneficial ridiculous and reckless elfin momentous deep and malign gloomy and desperate obliging double specific but transient divine and humane main aesthetical main and peculiar smaller necessary unitary moral affirmative and thoroughly constructive definite reproductive distinctly polemical definite protectionist sole and most amiable predatory and aggressive especial and worthy elegant or worthy main sociological eager but undefined extraordinary and solemn same avowed fatherly righteous apparent or concerted useful or agricultural deliberate didactic common modal rich and recondite dramatic-educational industrial or national extremely limited and subordinate unlawful or dishonest incomparable, iconographical definitely didactic loving and praiseworthy full commerical clear dominant steady and premeditated educational or cultural steady but unobtrusive common malevolent main primitive specifically didactic steadfast, gracious double and undisguised momentary incoherent consecutive dramatic idle or sullen justifiable democratic salutary national substantially revolutionary positive or formative frank democratic important partisan positive democratic creative, redemptive common attainable coherent and substantive horrid, stony loudly avowed latent and unexplained calm, fiendish precise didactic limited definite solid or public steadfast and superior ostensible or useful humanly intelligible resolute and common mechanical or protective originally avowed universally moral wicked but unexplained huge incarnate immediate haunting moral and restorative distinctly moral and restorative hardly necessary or justifiable useful and justifiable sole and sinister ardent innocent vindictive but cool devout and laudable sole and modest conscious ethical direct, deliberate well-understood general ostensible moral useful, historical well-defined and consecutive stern politico-moral ultimate, dominant avowedly dogmatic special and somewhat narrow concrete and deliberate universal and irrevocable sincere, universal and irrevocable temporary or special immediate momentary probably intelligent vital offensive clearly inimical chief and most estimable inferential individual inferential social sole and explicit steady ruthless wise, paternal secondary or collateral special and sober steady and well-defined important mediumistic sinful or shameful sole, unblushing criminal and ambitious savage but useful brave, merciful unflagging triple decidedly fanciful platitudinous ethical legitimate, necessary and decent necessary and decent deep destructive slightly unworthy serious, masculine unconstitutional, criminal feebly esthetic dominant, insatiable desperate and interested thy atrocious deliberate material softest hard honorable educational equivocal or crooked serious inverse immediate and lower main and malicious serious, definite obvious and courageous rational and altruistic restless and indefinite ineffable and divine incendiary and revolutionary grim, unswerving full prolific sole specific unknown but evident intensely ethical and spiritual high redemptive divine and fateful definite and solemn solemn and wistful calm, persistent selfish or vindictive potential tactical mere and sole harsh, inflexible inwardly avowed obvious and commendable holy steady humane, national and patriotic chief and only universal loyal and generally successful simple and intensely practical avowed sole double and subtle wise, immutable useful and often wage-earning often wage-earning manifestly military good dual hopeful but indefinite specific and far-reaching formal regulative special, specific humane and commendable obscene, indecent or immoral grand ethical scissorial definite and commendable ostensible and innocent cheerfully obvious merciless and cunning conservative, legitimate communicative or didactic more-or-less indefinite necessary and deliberate definite altruistic high devout pedagogical and disciplinary deep, ethical precise present good ultimate hazardous but important resolute but high high and sympathetic wicked and savage worthy and lofty sole and noble specific secondary effective desperate national and collective oft best zeal and steadier puerile, prosaic unflinching and steady best-known general apparent sole definite, hostile constructive synthetic patriotic or merely fantastic merciless strategic dim and idle useful and temporary conscious imperial definite ornamental clear benevolent avowed common resolute and definite progressive and evolutionary reasonably pacific strange and wholly exceptional secret, serious unique and ornamental daring and unnatural essentially prophetic practical or philosophic immediate grammatical definite and not unattainable distinct didactic criminal or unlawful final and infinite largest and most compassionate inflexible and often relentless cunning and unsettling definite, dangerous primarily educational primarily educational and historical doubly romantic chivalrous but certainly unwise definite, compelling coercive and politico-ecclesiastical special singular cold and steadfast humane or altruistic obvious positive exclusive and specific candid, pure and exalted steadfast definite horrid secret jocular or satiric firmer or better somewhat laudable primarily didactic steadfast, long-deferred beneficial and ornamental weak or wanton clearer modern profane or guilty nominal main infirm, uncertain unworthy and illegal firmer collective conscious successful municipal or charitable sincere, enlightened undoubtedly legal frankly definite manifest quaint equally simple and reasonable selfish and venal consciously deceptive senseless and impracticable pleasant and ridiculous unjust and malevolent utterly unjust and malevolent charitable or social extravagant, divine palpable, deep wise and really philanthropic strong and humane suitable and laudable ethical and symbolic distinctly didactic and moral distinctly didactic proper therapeutic idle or petty apparent central secondary or suggestive high and individual ruthless persistent genuinely strong profitable personal corrupt or foolish consistent and deliberate grand and undivided criminal or scientific voluntary moral fraudulent and mercenary strictly religious and practical stern, invincible doubtless destructive chief nominal bad or sinister satirical and brilliant decorative and allegorical definitely illustrative modest and helpful mighty and almost religious grave or great particular charitable distinctly expository apparently imperious definite and noble truly necessary and benevolent important and justifiable avowed and subtle honest and high avowed and main unique and hallowed steady and dominant steadfast sordid special and somewhat abstruse satirical and moral patriotic or generous educational, scientific or social formative or normative high, self-conscious economic and essential separate or inconsistent preconceived and systematic constant optimistic common didactic dominant and almost exclusive polemical and philosophical steady and heroic strong, steady and heroic temporary and professional merely temporary and professional avowed noble so-called doctrinal insistent concrete prospective concrete single and lofty bold but good main didactic apparent dogmatic plainly paramount clear and justifiable thoroughly subordinate high and philanthropic steadfast, energetic double armorial beneficial and good particular and sole scientific and didactic plain and sole exact and single equally workmanlike evident serviceable absolute and creative secret gainful brave and filial steady, utilitarian next instantaneous hostile or secret sole and cruel useful thrifty harmonious, common daringly enterprising malignant, deliberate familiar and laudable doctrinal or dogmatic specific and spectacular useful and political unauthorized and guilty whatsoever mysterious steady, divine steady divine perfectly clear and single consistent and individual slightest evil greatly humane honest defensive ambitious, artistic evident definite increasingly disinterested unanimous and overwhelming uncertain and merely possible immutable political kindly national merely didactic sole unbridled same adhesive admittedly moral merely expository ardent didactic wiser and grander ethical and pictorial moral and loving structural, rhythmical unworthy or unchristian unanimous and general subtle, fraudulent high providential mutual intelligent handsome, unselfish legally acceptable particular and precise definite, practical single and intense hostile and malignant public and necessary partial, selfish insane and cruel new and absolute lethal, inhuman rigorous, fierce deeper symbolic unsuspected higher aa and dual common, central cruel inflexible profound, secret general honest high and urgent straightforward dramatic definite creative special didactic original lofty essential and highest thine irrevocable steady religious strong, definite sacred and primary particular or accidental good or profitable deep and inflexible special controversial original ornamental interested and practical obvious and ostensible immediate and tremendous structural and artistic vile and unknown miraculous and beneficial purely deceptive immoral or unlawful ideally fine sweet and whimsical particular and temporary chief and real cold and remorseless immediate and sole practical or useful righteous and merciful triumphant human sole and sacred high, disinterested wrong or bad scientific and philanthropic remedial and corrective charitable or other directly useful commercially significant present inefficient definite or important slightest aesthetic bitter and fiery anatomical or medical different and very definite true collective primarily commercial proper and sole further useful true and wonderful adequate and worthy other peaceful immediate selfish finally blind diddly damn andfairly definite his�real legitimate operational clear and singular strange and mediaeval entire single-minded dim but masterful useful and meaningful unstated, dark fifth specific extremely well-defined preconceived, transcendental excellent and peaceful fearful and effective limited, cruel truly utilitarian permanent irresistible same philanthropic plan—original plan�original mindless, malign heavier general paltry and mundane sole invariant grim and unshakable vague, dubious unexplained philosophical other, ceremonial inimi�cal bodyguard-general big, general separate and wholly beneficial calm and frantic single-minded, implacable larger, unheard mad, bony substantial commercial undeniably symbolic bureaucratic and perhaps theological feral and primitive new apparent sinister and perhaps wicked arousal and hard similarly theatrical strategi�cally offensive specific and time-limited specific and perhaps noble quite opaque specific commercial specific and special sole secret sole obsessive half-understood moral strangely worthy calmly euphoric symbolic or religious eminently mundane and practical undefined but sinister least broad selfish and particular single-minded analytical high and good ><strong>real grand, generous deadly real-life unparalleled cold mysterious, intricate expressly avowed quite practical and innocuous corrective and constructive symbolic or sacred grim atavistic real and hard-edged damnably selfish blind, sublime neat, exacting discernible aeronautical long-lasting and secret other, long-lasting and secret important inspirational casual, lustful prosaic, intermediate secretive irrational unsmiling polemic severe original bloodless, single-minded belatedly apparent somehow utilitarian and benign somehow utilitarian ostensible civic unfathomable evil high, unselfish particular or temporary trivial or vain available and possible abominably deep great but secret obvious and preposterous serious or trivial immediate or demonstrable resolute, inflexible exalted, universal grim dreadful distinctly useful avowed and conscious soberly practical seriously artistic partial and specific prudent and laudable avowedly educational deliberate artistic sole intelligible secret and detestable still primary quiet and unswerving limited and subordinate strong, defiant definite and most important common dominant high, sacred practical and indeed profitable indeed profitable demonstrably practical proper, reasonable ritual or magical principal and immediate public philanthropic pitiless, unchangeable specific and worthy conscious national formative democratic salutary and formative far-reaching democratic desirable democratic necessary collective resolute national infinitely benevolent eirenical watchful and resolute secret but real single, selfish humane and laudable ponderous moral malicious and covetous specially mysterious honest and intelligible high, sincere worst and most iniquitous selfish and diabolical latent and ferocious merely negative and destructive constant and avowed grim and inexorable laudable and righteous deliberate economical bolder, unequivocal distinctly anti-christian grossly dishonest good or moral stable and indestructible peculiarly tenacious dire ultimate predominantly practical deeper, political vigorous and well-defined serious original primary and imperative divine and creative pure and sanctified artistic or moral eminently laudable highest and most real minimum physiological generous or charitable humble and praiseworthy unswerving, unrelenting desirable and humane genuinely productive urgent or useful insistent, tenacious divine unerring stern solemn resolute and solemn primary and real selfish or pecuniary broad and consecutive absolutely single avowed and real grim and unmistakable selfish sectional healthiest and most innocent indistinct but strong chief and almost sole eternal free honest and single definitely aggressive conscious dogmatic particular ornamental inspiring artistic definite intelligent outstanding dual precise, definite fraternal and philanthropic indeed offensive definite and sincere indecent or immoral undefined general grandly benevolent always clear and definite noble but ineffectual extra domestic almost therapeutic definite present gross and bestial capital and general distinctly malicious common strategic ultimate important secret corrupt particular and well-defined deep and stubborn specific vocational patriotic and literary non-professional or non-vocational praiseworthy and generous purest ideal obvious didactic new but unlawful unknown religious rather impotent wise liberal sole and avowed patriotic or religious grim and urgent strong, unimaginative truly benignant main ostensible slight secondary patiently loving often relentless sunday-school and social deliberately symbolic eternal sovereign powerful and malign

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Words to Describe purpose

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "purpose" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "purpose" are: apparent reasonable, ambitious or unworthy, far-off doubtful, sole and evident, and definite didactic. There are 995 other words to describe purpose listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe purpose suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "purpose" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many purpose adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is purpose?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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