intended
Not by accident
Intended means planned or meant: The bullet missed its intended target.
As a noun, your intended is the person you plan to marry—a somewhat old-fashioned or playful usage: Have you met my intended?
The word often implies purpose or design: The medication had its intended effect.
Man pledged to marry
Consciously chosen, not accidental
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
- purposefulDone with intention
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
conscious · designed · strategic · predetermined · prearranged · preconceived · volitional · forethought
fiancé
Man pledged to marry
affianced · betrothed · pledged · bride-to-be · prospective
deliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
- purposefulDone with intention
willful · conscious · designed · strategic · predetermined · prearranged · preconceived · volitional · forethought · meant
aim
Purpose or direction
end · design · function · use · reason · meaning · object · point · plan · direction
expected
Regarded as likely
- foreseenPredicted before occurring
- projectedCast outward or forecast
- envisionedMentally pictured beforehand
forecasted · predicted · planned · scheduled · targeted · aimed · desired · hoped-for · sought · awaited
- Engagementsfiance, fiancee, betrothed, engagement, bride-to-be
- futureforthcoming, upcoming, coming, impending, imminent
- loverslover, lovers, beloved, sweethearts, sweetheart
intendedunintended
Not done on purpose
unintentional · accidental · inadvertent · unplanned · unpremeditated
intendedinvoluntary
Not under conscious control
forced · compelled · mandatory · required · obligatory
- no pun intendedDisclaimer following coincidental wordplay
intend, unintended, intending, superintending, superintended, intendeds