Synonyms for aimless
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : eym-lis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪm lɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for aimless
- blind
- capricious
- careless
- casual
- chance
- directionless
- drifting
- fanciful
- fickle
- fits and starts
- flighty
- fortuitous
- goalless
- heedless
- hit-or-miss
- indecisive
- irresolute
- objectless
- purposeless
- shiftless
- stray
- thoughtless
- unavailing
- undirected
- unguided
- unplanned
- unpredictable
- vagrant
- wandering
- wanton
- wayward
Définition of aimless
Origin :- 1620s, from aim (n.) + -less. Related: Aimlessly; aimlessness.
- adj having no goal
- After all their piety was aimless and of no utility to humanity.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- Aimless also, I turned into the Mall, and again I started at the sight of a known figure.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- He was crossing the Rue Mont Blanc with every appearance of an aimless stroller.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- It might be thought that the fair Frances led an aimless and idle life.
- Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller
- Another lot were kicking about a football in an aimless way.
- Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
- It was only a desperate, convulsive, aimless wriggle that freed him.
- Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
- Was there no end to this aimless circling through a world of green smoke?
- Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
- They are as far as possible from being vague, or misty, or aimless.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley
- Let her become an aimless wanderer, whose trail may never be followed.
- Extract from : « The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees » by James Mooney
- He was walking to and fro in an aimless manner like a headless chicken.
- Extract from : « Bamboo Tales » by Ira L. Reeves
Antonyms for aimless
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