Roget's Thesaurus

#620. Intention

Nouns

intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo animo [Lat.]; project etc. 626; undertaking etc. 676; predetermination etc. 611; design, ambition. contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; look out. final cause; raison d'etre [Fr.]; cui bono [Lat.]; object, aim, end; the be all and the end all; drift etc. (meaning) 516; tendency etc. 176; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain [Mediev.]; prey, quarry, game. decision, determination, resolve; fixed set purpose, settled purpose; ultimatum; resolution etc. 604; wish etc. 865; arriere pensee [Fr.]; motive etc. 615. [Study of final causes] teleology.

Verbs

intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in petto; have an eye to. bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to. take upon oneself etc. (undertake) 676; take into one's head; meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate etc. 611; compass, calculate; destine, destinate; propose. project etc. (plan) 626; have a mind to etc. (be willing) 602; desire etc. 865; pursue etc. 622.

Adjectives

intended etc. v.; intentional, advised, express, determinate; prepense etc. 611; bound for; intending etc. v.; minded; bent upon etc. (earnest) 604; at stake; on the anvil, on the tapis; in view, in prospect, in the breast of; in petto; teleological

Adverbs

intentionally etc. adj.; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent etc. n.; deliberately etc. (with premeditation) 611; with one's eyes open, in cold blood. for; with a view, with an eye to; in order to, in order that; to the end that, with the intent that; for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of. in pursuance of, pursuant to; quo animo [Lat.]; to all intents and purposes.

Phrases

The road to hell is paved with good intentions [Johnson]; sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Lat.] [Horace].