Definitions

meaningful

[mee-ning-fuhl] / ˈmi nɪŋ fəl /

ADJECTIVE

significant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consequential essential important purposeful relevant serious substantial useful valid worthwhile

WEAK

allusive big clear concise considerable deep eloquent exact explicit expressive heavy indicative intelligible material momentous pointed pregnant sententious succinct suggestive weighty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

insignificant little minor nonessential small trivial unimportant unsubstantial worthless

WEAK

meaningless useless

Usage

What are other ways to say meaningful? When describing forms of expression, the adjectives meaningful and significant imply an underlying and unexpressed thought whose existence is plainly shown although its precise nature is left to conjecture. Meaningful implies a secret and intimate understanding between the persons involved: Meaningful looks passed between them. Significant suggests conveying important or hidden meaning: On hearing this statement, he gave the officers a significant glance. Expressive suggests conveying, or being capable of conveying, a thought, intention, emotion, etc., in an effective or vivid manner: an expressive gesture. Suggestive implies an indirect or covert conveying of a meaning, sometimes mentally stimulating, sometimes verging on impropriety or indecency: a suggestive story or remark.

Example Sentences

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Tony Sycamore, market strategist at IG Australia, puts the probability of coordinated intervention by Japan and the U.S. jointly selling dollars and buying yen in meaningful quantities at around 20% or less.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he said the two countries could “identify areas to collaborate but also allow meaningful dialogue on areas where we disagree.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's vital to build a more sophisticated relationship where we identify opportunities to collaborate, but also allow a meaningful dialogue on areas where we disagree," Starmer told Xi.

From Barron's

There’s a “meaningful difference between giving enterprises access to an AI model and actually building that model into workflows where the decisions are made,” he told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

Boulanger says companies have to increasingly focus on cleaning up data and applications, a process that “will take some time,” before AI delivers meaningful value.

From The Wall Street Journal

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