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meaningadjective clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)gave me a meaning look after I said that eloquent, expressive, meaningful, pregnant, revealing, revelatory, significant, suggestive graphic(also graphical), pictorial, vividevocative, redolent, reminiscentsententious, weightyflavorful, full-bodied, rich unexpressive meaningnounthe idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or actionthe unmistakable meaning of the skier's upraised arms as he finished his spectacular run content, denotation, drift, import, intent, intention, purport, sense, significance, signification connotationclue, cue, hint, implication, indication, inkling, intimation, suggestionmessage, tenor, themebottom, essence, essentiality, nature, soul, spirit, stuffacceptance, acceptation, definitionburden, crux, gistcore, heart, kernel, marrow, nub, nucleus, pith, point, quickmatter, motif, motive, question, subject, topic something that one hopes or intends to accomplishthe people have a right to know what the president's meaning is in getting the nation involved in this war aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne(also bourn), design, dream, end, goal, idea, ideal, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, point, pretension, purpose, target, thing grail, holy grailplot, project, schemedesire, hope, mind, wishnirvanadestination, terminus name of the game means, method, way meaningverbpresent participle of meanto communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mindthe national anthem means various things to various people denoting, expressing, importing, intending, signifying, spelling connoting, implying, suggestingadding up (to), amounting (to)hinting, inferring, insinuating, intimatingembodying, epitomizing, personifying, representing, symboling(or symbolling), symbolizingadverting, alluding (to), citing, instancing, mentioning, referring (to), specifying, touching (on or upon)designating, indicating, pointing (to), signaling(or signalling)announcing, declaring, proclaimingelucidating, explaining to be of importanceyour presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me counting, importing, mattering, signifying, weighing affecting, concerning, influencing, swayingadding up (to), amounting (to) carrying weight, cutting ice to have in mind as a purpose or goalI mean to win this race aiming, allowing(chiefly Southern & Midland), aspiring, calculating, contemplating, designing, going(chiefly Southern & Midland), intending, looking, meditating, planning, proposing, purporting, purposing dreaming, hoping, wishingconsidering, debating, mulling (over), ponderingattempting, endeavoring, striving, struggling, tryingplotting, schemingaccomplishing, achieving, effecting, executing, performing figuring on to serve as a sign or symptom ofthese colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived in the 14th century |