| Purposive (a.) Having or indicating purpose or design. Thesaurus Entries aforethought, aimed, aimed at, calculated, conscious, considered, contemplated, deliberate, deliberated, designed, envisaged, envisioned, intended, intentional, knowing, meant, meditated, of design, planned, premeditated, prepense, projected, proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, studied, studious, teleological, thought-out, voluntary, weighed, willful, witting |