meaningful — 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 … Modern English usage
meaningful — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meaningful — index cognizable, coherent (clear), eloquent, pithy, sententious, suggestive (evocative) Bu … Law dictionary
meaningful — 1827, from MEANING (Cf. meaning) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Meaningfully … Etymology dictionary
meaningful — significant, pregnant, sententious, *expressive, eloquent Analogous words: important, consequential, momentous, weighty (see corresponding nouns at IMPORTANCE) Antonyms: meaningless … New Dictionary of Synonyms
meaningful — [adj] significant allusive, big, clear, concise, consequential, considerable, deep, eloquent, essential, exact, explicit, expressive, heavy, important, indicative, intelligible, material, momentous, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, relevant,… … New thesaurus
meaningful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having meaning. 2) worthwhile. 3) expressive. DERIVATIVES meaningfully adverb meaningfulness noun … English terms dictionary
meaningful — [mēn′iŋfəl] adj. full of meaning; having significance or purpose meaningfully adv. meaningfulness n … English World dictionary
meaningful — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
meaningful — [[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… … English dictionary
meaningful — adjective 1 having a meaning that is easy to understand and makes sense: The statistics are not very meaningful when taken out of context | Standards must be specified in meaningful terms. 2 a meaningful look/glance/smile etc a look that clearly… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
