I. noun
1.
Synonyms: intention , animus, design, intendment, meaning, plan, purpose
Related Word: conation, volition, will
Contrasted words: chance, fortune, hap, hazard, luck
Antonyms: accident
2.
Synonyms: meaning 1, acceptation, import, intendment, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, understanding
II. adjective
1.
having one's mind or attention deeply fixed
the student was too intent on his work to hear the phone
Synonyms: absorbed, deep, engaged, engrossed, immersed, preoccupied, rapt, wrapped, wrapped up
Related Word: attending, attentive, minding, watching; concentrated, riveted
Contrasted words: absent, absent-minded, abstracted, bemused, faraway, preoccupied; daydreaming, napping, oblivious
Antonyms: distracted
2.
Synonyms: decided 2, bent, decisive, determined, resolute, resolved, set, settled