Synonyms of intentionally

intentionally

adverb

in-ˈten(t)-shə-nᵊl-ē 

as in deliberately

with full awareness of what one is doing

the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deliberately
• purposely
• purposefully
• willfully
• knowingly
• consciously
• voluntarily
• purposively
• on purpose
• designedly
• willingly
• wittingly
• advisedly
• calculatedly
• studiedly
• premeditatedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inadvertently
• unconsciously
• accidentally
• unintentionally
• unwittingly
• incidentally
• randomly
• unknowingly
• involuntarily
• spontaneously
• instinctively
• haphazardly
• unwillingly
• impulsively

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intentionally

Perry, an Atlantic contributing writer and a National Book Award–winning author, fills her latest work with accounts of ingenuity and Black resilience that are held together, loosely but intentionally, with threads of cerulean, sapphire, and azure. —Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025

Here are some tips Sarkis says rejection therapy works best when done safely and intentionally. —Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025

Back in the present, Marion tells Hanna that Leo didn’t kill his stepfather intentionally. —Isadora Wandermurem, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District was called about 6:50 a.m. to the 3000 block of Ramsgate Way in Rancho Cordova for a man who was intentionally setting his home on fire, said Battalion Chief Parker Wilbourn, a Metro Fire spokesperson. —Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025