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meaningful

  • adjective
  • /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/

Having meaning, significant.

Example

“I think we made a meaningful contribution to this project today.”

Other meanings

  1. Full of implication; heavy with unstated meaning.

    “"So you enjoyed yourself, did you," she said, with a meaningful smile.”

Synonyms

  • meaning

Related words

  • nonmeaningful
  • submeaningful
  • deep and meaningful
  • meaningfulish
  • meaningfully
  • meaningfulness
  • meaningfulsome
  • unmeaningful

Example sentences

  • “He wants to build something meaningful.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “meaningful” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.