meaning
nounDivide meaning into syllables:
mean · ing
How to pronounce meaning:
Definition of meaning:
- meaning (noun):
- the message that is intended or expressed or signified.
- the sense or significance of a word, sentence, or symbol
- the thing one intends to convey especially by language purport
Synonyms for meaning:
burden
connotation
content
core
definition
denotation
drift
effect
essence
explanation
gist
grammatical meaning
implication
import
indication
intension
intent
intention
interpretation
lesson
lexical meaning
message
nature
nicety
nuance
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Antonyms for meaning:
disinterest
disregard
frivolity
futility
immateriality
impertinence
inapplicability
inappropriateness
inconsequence
inconsequentiality
inconsequentialness
inconsiderableness
indifference
inessentiality
insignificance
insignificancy
irrelevance
meaninglessness
negligibility
nothingness
paltriness
pettiness
pointlessness
slightness
smallness
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Other 2-syllable words like meaning
Here are some other common words that have 2 syllables, like meaning does.
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- believes
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- tossing
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- fellate
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- diner
- straggled
- refuge
- simpler
- plenty
- anew
- morose
- savor
- comprised
- bawling
- fulfilled
- countless
- varied
- dimwit
- striven
- enquire
- rumbling
- enclosed
- marveled
- subsume
- jiggly
- imbed
- conformed
- transpires
- junction
- triumphed
- splashing
- babbled
- batted
- intend
- slower
- bemuse
- sporange
- tittle
- forkball
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