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meaningful

[ mee-ning-fuh l ]

/ ˈmi nɪŋ fəl /

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adjective

full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.

Origin of meaningful

First recorded in 1850–55; meaning + -ful

SYNONYMS FOR meaningful

See expressive.

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OTHER WORDS FROM meaningful

mean·ing·ful·ly, adverb mean·ing·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby meaningful

meander line, meandering stream, meandrous, meanie, meaning, meaningful, meaningful relationship, meaningless, meanly, meanness, means

Example sentences from the Web for meaningful

Carla points out how meaningful it can be to have people in your life who simply understand what you're going through.

Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone |Samantha Levine |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?

Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror |Candida Moss, Joel Baden |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
He posted on Facebook about wanting to do something “right” and meaningful.

Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours |Michael Daly |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The second pitfall is that Tendulkar has given the reader little of what should be a gripping, meaningful story of his life.

The Story of the World’s Greatest Cricket Player |William O’Connor |December 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“What Miss Couple has taught me is how deep and meaningful a BDSM relationship can be,” he said.

Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau |Ian Frisch |December 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the first place, they are rarely Marxists in any meaningful sense of the term.

Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Then, stealing an unhappy glance at Laurie, he found that youth grinning broadly, and was the recipient of a most meaningful wink.

The Turner Twins |Ralph Henry Barbour
The quietness, profound and meaningful, yet further calms our spirit.

The Heart of Nature |Francis Younghusband
The potential for abusive use of images is as great as that for their meaningful application.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
Standard tests meant nothing, unless mutually exclusive results could be accepted as meaningful in themselves.

The Short Life |Francis Donovan

British Dictionary definitions for meaningful

meaningful

/ (ˈmiːnɪŋfʊl) /

adjective

having great meaning or validity

eloquent, expressive a meaningful silence

Derived forms of meaningful

meaningfully, adverb meaningfulness, noun