meaningful

English

Etymology

meaning +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈminɪŋfʊl/

Adjective

meaningful (comparative more meaningful, superlative most meaningful)

1. Having meaning, significant.

   I think we made a meaningful contribution to this project today.

   • 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, BBC Sport:

     But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.

Antonyms

• meaningless

Derived terms

• meaningfulness

Translations

having meaning, significant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有意義 (cmn), 有意义 (cmn) (yǒuyìyì)

• Czech: smysluplný (cs)
• Dutch: zinvol (nl)
• Esperanto: senchava (eo)
• Finnish: merkittävä (fi), merkityksellinen (fi)
• German: bedeutend (de), bedeutungsvoll (de)
• Indonesian: berarti (id)

• Interlingua: significante (ia)
• Japanese: 有意義な (ja) (ゆういぎな, yūigi-na)
• Portuguese: significativo (pt)
• Russian: осмысленный (ru) (osmyslennyj), значимый (ru) (značimyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: smislen (sh)
• Spanish: significativo (es), con sentido (es), con sentimiento (es)
• Swedish: meningsfull (sv), betydelsefull (sv)
• Telugu: అర్థవంతమైన (te) (arthamvantamaina)
• Turkish: anlamlı (tr), manalı (tr)