on a mission
Focused and determined
On a mission describes someone acting with focused determination and clear purpose.
The phrase borrows from military or religious contexts where missions are assigned objectives.
Someone on a mission moves with urgency and won't be easily distracted: She walked right past us—clearly on a mission.
It can be playful or serious: He's on a mission to try every taco place in the city.
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- focusedDirecting attention narrowly
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
- purposeReason something exists
- goalDesired end result
quest · task · assignment · urgent · do or die · relentless · unstoppable · no turning back · dedicated · committed · objective · pursuit · calling · crusade · duty · single-minded · zealous · resolute
on a missionaimless
Having no direction
wandering · directionless · drifting · adrift · lost
on a missiontaking it easy
Deliberately slowing down
lackadaisical · unfocused · relaxed · laid-back · casual
on a missionapathetic
Without feeling or concern
unmotivated · checked out · listless · indifferent · disengaged
mission, missions, missionary, missionaries, emissary, emission, emissions, remission, submission