overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

intentional.

Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation[ɪnˈtʰɛnʃənɫ̩]Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/Canada, General-American/ɪnˈtenʃənəl/Australia

  1. Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.

  2. Reflecting intention; marking an expenditure of will in the shape of a matter.

  3. Done with intent.

  4. Object to intentionality, only appearing due to wilful perception.

  5. Directed toward or about a foci of attentional consciousness; possessing the property of being a consciousness of something.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin intendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin intentiō Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Medieval Latin -ālis Medieval Latin intentiōnālisbor. English intentional Borrowed from Medieval Latin intentiōnālis, from intentiō + -ālis. By surface analysis, intention + -al.

noun/ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation[ɪnˈtʰɛnʃənɫ̩]Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/Canada, General-American/ɪnˈtenʃənəl/Australia

  1. Something that has no essential underlying structure but apparition only as defined by perception; object only because consciousness is directed to it.

    archaic

  2. The cohortative mood as found in Hebrew (terminology borrowed from Julius Friedrich Böttcher † 1863 and now outmoded), and constructions of similar purpose in even more exotic languages.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin intendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin intentiō Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Medieval Latin -ālis Medieval Latin intentiōnālisbor. English intentional Borrowed from Medieval Latin intentiōnālis, from intentiō + -ālis. By surface analysis, intention + -al.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

intentional has 11 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

intentional studiointentional workshello, intentional

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.