adj. Function: adjective
1 arrived at after due thought FF1C; a deliberate judgment FF1E;
Synonyms: advised, aforethought, considered, designed, premeditated, prepense, studied, studious, thought-out
Related Words: planned, projected, schemed; calculated; careful, meticulous, scrupulous; foresighted, forethoughtful, provident, prudent
Contrasted Words: chance, chancy, desultory, haphazard, happy-go-lucky, hit-or-miss, random; aimless, designless, purposeless; hasty, hurried; abrupt, impetuous, sudden; automatic, instinctive, spontaneous
Antonyms: casual
2
Synonyms: VOLUNTARY , intentional, unforced, unprescribed, willful, willing, witting
Related Words: intended, meant, meditated, purposed; determined, purposeful; aware, cognizant, conscious
Contrasted Words: careless, heedless, inadvertent, thoughtless; unintended, unpurposed
Antonyms: impulsive
3
Synonyms: SLOW 2, dilatory, laggard, leisurely, unhasty, unhurried
Related Words: calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, wary; careful, heedful; collected, composed, cool, imperturbable
Contrasted Words: hasty, headlong, impetuous, sudden
Antonyms: abrupt, precipitate