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

To double down further, Sony dropped the teaser — intentionally — on the same day Meta settled its child-harm case filed by numerous attorneys general. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

As for 5-star quarterback Julian Lewis, who was demoted last week, there seems to be more to the situation than Deion is intentionally letting on. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

OpenAI denied intentionally imitating Johansson’s voice and later withdrew the feature. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

The myth goes back 2,000 years and holds that the Parthenon, which sits on the Acropolis overlooking Athens, was intentionally constructed with curves to correct various visual illusions and thus appear straight to the human eye. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026