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meant
adjective as in destined
Strong matches
adjective as in implied
Strong matches
adjective as in intended
adjective as in intentional
adjective as in sincere
Weak matches
- 24-carat
- aboveboard
- actual
- artless
- bona fide
- dead-level
- dear
- devout
- faithful
- frank
- guileless
- honest-to-God
- honest-to-goodness
- like it is
- natural
- no-fooling
- no-nonsense
- on the level
- on the line
- on the up and up
- open
- plain
- pretensionless
- regular
- righteous
- saintly
- square
- sure-enough
- true-blue
- unaffected
- undesigning
- undissembled
- unfeigned
- unpretentious
- up-front
- wholehearted
Example Sentences
She said it meant health workers "can see that alert and have a look at what that means for us".
But writing the changes into a full Act of Parliament was meant to prevent the new rights being easily unpicked by a future government.
His injury turned out to be a burst blood vessel, which meant the promising football player had to spend two months out of training, resting his leg and regularly applying ice until it healed.
Reed could always use his legs to make up for his arm—even if it stretched the definition of what it meant to be a signal-caller.
The only downside: it meant he moved to another floor.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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