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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Paramount plans to find $6 billion in cost synergies over the next three years, which it says will help it bring its debt load down to meaningful levels.

From MarketWatch

I cast a meaningful look at the donut cart.

From Literature

“A meaningful portion of global primary aluminum trade transits the Gulf,” say the analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tan from Moody's Analytics added that "credibility will rest on whether structural reforms, meaningful support for households and sustained fiscal backing follow the rhetoric".

From Barron's

Secondary goals in both relapsing multiple sclerosis studies showed statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in brain lesions, Roche said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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