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.

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The challenge facing investors then is to pick the winners between the AI-enabled and the AI-disrupted because the research suggests return dispersion among these stocks will be meaningful.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s so meaningful to be in our backyard playing our music again, right there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“We want a deal that’s meaningful, we want a deal that works.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

International markets, largely untapped now, could become another meaningful growth driver over time.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I cast a meaningful look at the donut cart.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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Power Suffix: -ful

Very Necessary: Synonyms for "Important"

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Vocabulary lists containing meaningful

Power Suffix: -ful

Very Necessary: Synonyms for "Important"

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