- connotation
- content
- context
- definition
- effect
- essence
- explanation
- hint
- implication
- interpretation
- nuance
- sense
- significance
- spirit
- subject
- substance
- understanding
- value
- acceptation
- allusion
- bearing
- denotation
- drift
- force
- gist
- heart
- import
- intimation
- meat
- nitty-gritty
- pith
- point
- purport
- stuff
- suggestion
- symbolization
- tenor
- thrust
- upshot
- use
- worth
- bottom line
- name of the game
- nature of beast
- nuts and bolts
- subject matter
- idea
- intent
- interest
- purpose
- animus
- design
- end
- goal
- object
- plan
- point
- trend
On this page you’ll find 102 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to meaning, such as: connotation, content, context, definition, effect, and essence.
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO MEANING
- connotation
- denotation
- intent
- meaning
- message
- purport
- sense
- significance
- value
- word meaning
- application
- connection
- import
- meaning
- pertinence
- reference
- relation
- relevance
- weight
- addresses
- airs
- aspects
- attitudes
- behaviors
- carriages
- comportment
- demeanor
- deportment
- displays
- fronts
- looks
- manners
- miens
- poise
- ports
- poses
- presences
- sets
- stands
- association
- coloring
- essence
- hint
- meaning
- nuance
- overtone
- significance
- suggestion
- undertone
- associations
- colorings
- essences
- hints
- meanings
- nuances
- overtones
- significances
- suggestions
- undertones
- hinting
- implying
- meaning
- referring
- suggesting
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as in sense
the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action
the unmistakable meaning of the skier’s upraised arms as he finished his spectacular run
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as in purpose
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
the people have a right to know what the president’s meaning is in getting the nation involved in this war
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as in suggestive
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one’s mood)
gave me a meaning look after I said that
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present participle of mean
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as in denoting
to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind
the national anthem means various things to various people
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as in mattering
to be of importance
your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me
3
as in intending
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
I mean to win this race
4
as in indicating
to serve as a sign or symptom of
these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived
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meaning, significance, signification, importnoun
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
«what is the meaning of this sentence»; «the significance of a red traffic light»; «the signification of Chinese characters»; «the import of his announcement was ambiguous»
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importee, import, consequence, moment, substance, signification, significance, importation, implicationAntonyms:
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meaning, substanceadjective
the idea that is intended
«What is the meaning of this proverb?»
Synonyms:
means, nitty-gritty, meat, import, core, inwardness, sum, subject matter, center, gist, heart and soul, content, substance, nub, signification, centre, kernel, essence, message, heart, significance, marrow, pithAntonyms:
nonmeaningful, meaningless -
meaning(a), pregnant, significantadjective
rich in significance or implication
«a meaning look»
Antonyms:
meaningless, nonmeaningful
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meaningnoun
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intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, object -
meaningnoun
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meaningnoun
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import, purport, significance
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List of paraphrases for «meaning»:
sense, significance, direction, smell, senses, connotation, regard, feel, sens, meanings, feeling, importance, sinn, i.e., definition, effect, means, respect
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Vincent Canby, The New York Times, November 11, 1984:
America, meaning mostly the United States, is not an easy concept to comprehend. It may be appropriate that it was discovered by a Genoese sailor, in the service of the Spanish crown, looking for some place else and that, for the next half-century, it was treated as a geological impediment to be gotten through or around in order to reach some far more profitable other side.
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Woody Allen:
How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?
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James Franco:
I like to bring myself to the movie rather than have the movie or the character bring itself to me, meaning I want to fit the tone of the film. I want to help the director achieve his or her vision.
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Former Speaker Newt Gingrich:
It’s an amusing parlor game, it has no meaning in the real world, if they want to form the let’s elect Hillary Clinton club, fine.
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Barbara Sher:
You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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- معنىArabic
- мәғәнәBashkir
- sterBreton
- význam, smyslCzech
- ystyrWelsh
- betydning, meningDanish
- Bedeutung, SinnGerman
- νόημα, σημασία, έννοιαGreek
- signifoEsperanto
- significadoSpanish
- معنیPersian
- merkitys, tarkoitusFinnish
- signification, sensFrench
- bríIrish
- ciallachadh, seagh, brìghScottish Gaelic
- मतलब, अर्थHindi
- jelentés, értelemHungarian
- իմաստArmenian
- merking, meiningIcelandic
- significatoItalian
- 意味, 目的, 意義Japanese
- 의미, 意味, 뜻Korean
- reikšmėLithuanian
- jēgaLatvian
- смисол, значење, смислаMacedonian
- waarde, betekenis, zinDutch
- betydning, tyding, meningNorwegian
- znaczenie, sensPolish
- significado, sentidoPortuguese
- значение, толкование, смыслRussian
- pomen, smiselSlovene
- betydelse, meningSwedish
- maanaSwahili
- பொருள்Tamil
- маънӣTajik
- ความหมายThai
- kasıt, mana, anlamTurkish
- معنی, ارتھUrdu
- nghĩaVietnamese
- 含義Chinese
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Let us first consider what sort of object a word is when considered simply as a physical thing, apart from its meaning. To begin with, there are many instances of a word, namely all the different occasions when it is employed.
But in what has been said so far we have not even broached the question of the DEFINITION of a word, since «meaning» is clearly what distinguishes a word from other sets of similar movements, and «meaning» remains to be defined.
It is natural to think of the meaning of a word as something conventional.
Spoken and written words are, of course, not the only way of conveying meaning. A large part of one of Wundt’s two vast volumes on language in his «Volkerpsychologie» is concerned with gesture-language.
When we ask what constitutes meaning, we are not asking what is the meaning of this or that particular word.
The meaning of one of these words differs very fundamentally from the meaning of one of any of our previous classes, being more abstract and logically simpler than any of them.
‘Well, «SLITHY» means «lithe and slimy.» «Lithe» is the same as «active.» You see it’s like a portmanteau—there are two meanings packed up into one word.’
But see the consequence:—Many a man who is ignorant of human nature has friends who are bad friends, and in that case he ought to do harm to them; and he has good enemies whom he ought to benefit; but, if so, we shall be saying the very opposite of that which we affirmed to be the meaning of Simonides.
You fall into error occasionally, because you mistake the name of a person for the name of a thing, and waste a good deal of time trying to dig a meaning out of it.
I suppose that in all languages the similarities of look and sound between words which have no similarity in meaning are a fruitful source of perplexity to the foreigner.
This is its simple and EXACT meaning—that is to say, its restricted, its fettered meaning; but there are ways by which you can set it free, so that it can soar away, as on the wings of the morning, and never be at rest.
The various words used in building them are in the dictionary, but in a very scattered condition; so you can hunt the materials out, one by one, and get at the meaning at last, but it is a tedious and harassing business.
It was only the SOUND that helped him, not the meaning; [3] and so, at last, when he learned that the emphasis was not on the first syllable, his only stay and support was gone, and he faded away and died.
If you cannot tell your right side from your left, I fear that no words of mine can make my meaning clear to you.
But he had not done either, but had gone on living, thinking, and feeling, and had even at that very time married, and had had many joys and had been happy, when he was not thinking of the meaning of his life.