Synonyms for meant
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ment |
Phonetic Transcription : mɛnt |
Top 10 synonyms for meant Other synonyms for the word meant
- add up
- adumbrate
- allude
- allude to
- argue
- aspire
- attest
- augur
- betoken
- connote
- contemplate
- denote
- designate
- desire
- destine
- direct
- drive at
- express
- fate
- fit
- foreshadow
- foretell
- herald
- hint at
- import
- intimate
- match
- name
- point to
- portend
- predestine
- preordain
- presage
- promise
- propose
- purport
- purpose
- represent
- resolve
- say
- set out
- speak of
- spell
- stand for
- suggest
- suit
- symbolize
- tell the meaning of
- touch on
- want
- wish
Définition of meant
Origin :- past participle of mean (v.).
- verb signify, convey
- verb have in mind; intend
- This explosion of the doctor's meant that he invited and awaited some contradiction.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He feared now she meant to lose it irrevocably through remarriage.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Of course, that was to be said, but strangely enough he meant it.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There were fourteen thousand waiters in New York, if, by waiters, you meant any one.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- When he set out he meant to reach the car and go back to town at once.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Mesopotamia, therefore, meant a stretch of land "between the rivers."
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- "Not at all," persisted he, accepting as conversation what she meant as a stab.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Of course I mean it--meant to ask you again to-day--ask you now.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- "I beg your pardon—I meant to the professionals," interrupted Hester.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- I have not meant to say that even with one's refuge in God there is nothing left to struggle with.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
Antonyms for meant
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