meaningful

/ˈminɪŋfəl/

/ˈminɪŋfəl/

Use the adjective meaningful to describe something that has a purpose, like a political rally for a cause you believe in strongly.

You would probably say that your backpacking trip across Asia was meaningful, or worthwhile, but you might not describe three hours watching bad TV shows as meaningful. When something is important or significant, it is meaningful, or "full of meaning." Meaning itself comes from the word mean, which has its roots in the Old English mænan, "to signify, tell, or complain."

Definitions of meaningful

1. adjective

   having a meaning or purpose
   “a meaningful explanation”

   “a meaningful discussion”

   “a meaningful pause”

   synonyms:

   meaty, substantive

   being on topic and prompting thought

   meaning, pregnant, significant

   rich in significance or implication

   purposeful

   having meaning through having an aim

   purposeful

   serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

   important, significant

   important in effect or meaning

   antonyms:

   meaningless

   having no meaning or direction or purpose

   unimportant

   not important

   empty, hollow, vacuous

   devoid of significance or point

   insignificant

   signifying nothing

   mindless

   lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being

   nonsense, nonsensical

   having no intelligible meaning

   purposeless

   not evidencing any purpose or goal

   insignificant, unimportant

   devoid of importance, meaning, or force