Antonyms of adj aimless

2 senses of aimless

Sense 1
adrift (predicate), afloat (predicate), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected -- (aimlessly drifting)

INDIRECT (VIA purposeless) -> purposeful -- (serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal)

Sense 2
aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant -- (continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties")

INDIRECT (VIA unsettled) -> settled -- (established in a desired position or place; not moving about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization")

Similarity of adj aimless

2 senses of aimless

Sense 1
adrift (predicate), afloat (predicate), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected -- (aimlessly drifting)
       => purposeless (vs. purposeful) -- (not evidencing any purpose or goal)

Sense 2
aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant -- (continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties")
       => unsettled (vs. settled) -- (not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle")

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