aimless
Having no plan or purpose.
aimless in a sentence
- We went on an aimless wander around town, drifting wherever our feet took us.
- The little boat drifted in an aimless way across the lake, going nowhere in particular.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to aimless?
- Apurposeless
- Bfocused
- Cplanned
- Dsteady
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A: purposeless. The other three mean the opposite of aimless.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to aimless?
- Afocused
- Bpurposeless
- Cdrifting
- Drandom
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A: focused. The other three mean nearly the same as aimless.
Words that mean something similar
purposeless, drifting, random
Words that mean the opposite
focused, planned, steady
More words about movement & action
- amble: To walk in a slow, relaxed way.
- arduous: Very difficult and tiring, needing lots of effort.
- ascend: To climb or move upwards.
- assemble: To put pieces together, or to gather in one place.
- asunder: Apart, or into pieces.
- avert: To turn away, or to stop something bad from happening.
- banish: To send someone away and forbid them from coming back.
- beckon: To wave or signal to someone to come closer.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test