PURPOSEFULNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of having a definite purpose

Synonyms:

purposefulness; sense of purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("purposefulness" is a kind of...):

meaningfulness (the quality of having great value or significance)

Antonym:

purposelessness (the quality of lacking any definite purpose)

Derivation:

purposeful (having meaning through having an aim)

purposeful (serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal)