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1meaningful — The journalist and literary critic Philip Howard wrote in 1978 that ‘ongoing situations and meaningful dialogues are two popular pieces of jargon…at present’, and they still are. Meaningful is essentially the opposite of meaningless, i.e. ‘having …
2meaningful — adj. Having a meaning or purpose; having significance; as, a meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of {meaningless}. [Narrower terms: {comprehensible, understandable}; {indicative …
3meaningful — index cognizable, coherent (clear), eloquent, pithy, sententious, suggestive (evocative) Bu …
4meaningful — 1827, from MEANING (Cf. meaning) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Meaningfully …
5meaningful — significant, pregnant, sententious, *expressive, eloquent Analogous words: important, consequential, momentous, weighty (see corresponding nouns at IMPORTANCE) Antonyms: meaningless …
6meaningful — [adj] significant allusive, big, clear, concise, consequential, considerable, deep, eloquent, essential, exact, explicit, expressive, heavy, important, indicative, intelligible, material, momentous, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, relevant,… …
7meaningful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having meaning. 2) worthwhile. 3) expressive. DERIVATIVES meaningfully adverb meaningfulness noun …
8meaningful — [mēn′iŋfəl] adj. full of meaning; having significance or purpose meaningfully adv. meaningfulness n …
9meaningful — mean|ing|ful [ˈmi:nıŋfəl] adj 1.) having a meaning that is easy to understand and makes sense ▪ Without more data we cannot make a meaningful comparison of the two systems. ▪ Teaching history to five year olds in a meaningful way can be very… …
10meaningful — [[t]mi͟ːnɪŋfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as meaningful, you mean that it is serious, important, or useful in some way. She believes these talks will be the start of a constructive and meaningful dialogue... He asked people to… …