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Synonyms & Related Wordson purpose[adverb]Synonyms: intentionally, apurpose, deliberately, designedly, prepensely, purposedly, purposely, purposively
English Thesaurus: deliberately, on purpose, intentionally, consciously, knowingly, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionaryon purposeDELIBERATELY, intentionally, purposely, by design, wilfully, knowingly, consciously, of one's own volition, expressly, specifically, especially, specially
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Thesaurusdeliberately if you do something deliberately, you do it because you want to:
He upset her deliberately.
I deliberately kept the letter short.on purpose especially spoken deliberately, especially in order to annoy someone or get an advantage for yourself:
I didn’t push her on purpose; it was an accident.intentionally deliberately, especially in order to have a particular result or effect:
Very few teenagers become pregnant intentionally.consciously /ˈkɒnʃəsli/ done after thinking carefully about what you are doing, especially because you know what the results of your actions might be:
Parents pass their values to their children, though not always consciously.knowingly if you knowingly do something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong:
FBI agents arrested Dillon for ‘knowingly making a false statement on a passport application’. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
Idiomson purposeintentionally.
The idiot who set the fire on purpose is in jail, but that doesn't help the families who lost their homes. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
on purposeintentionally
I think that the woman spilled her drink on purpose.
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on purpose adv. phr. For a reason; because you want to; not accidentally.
Jane did not forget her coat; she left it in the locker on purpose.
The clown fell down on purpose. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲