meaningfulness

noun

Definition of meaningfulnessnext
as in persuasiveness

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of meaningfulness Targets who were unable to clarify why they were being neglected felt greater threats to belonging, self-esteem and meaningfulness. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 The survey asks employees for their feedback on such factors as pay and benefits, direction, leadership, meaningfulness, and appreciation. — Bob Helbig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025 This is realised when employees can see how their contributions actually map to the organization’s mission and vision, which drives a collective sense of achievement and meaningfulness. — Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026 This approach addresses a major tension in education research – cocreating educational resources with the people they are intended for enhances usability, meaningfulness and effectiveness. — Andres Bustamante, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026 In practice, the CRTC routinely consults stakeholders on policy matters although the adequacy and meaningfulness of efforts to consult the general public is often contested by scholars and civil society practitioners. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026 Energage surveyed 2,375 organizations throughout 2025 and recognized 1,661 thanks to their standout employee feedback on factors like pay and benefits, direction and leadership, meaningfulness, and appreciation. — Jessica Bryant, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningfulness
  1. persuasiveness
  2. cogency
  3. forcefulness
  4. emotion
  5. persuasion
  6. warmth
  7. intensity
Noun
  • That McDuffie is close—despite his low-key affect and late entry in the race—speaks more to apprehension about Lewis George than to the persuasiveness of his campaign.
    — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • The persuasiveness of the AI persona is so strong that people can be misled.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Definition of persuasiveness
Noun
  • In one of its most demanding assignments of recent memory, the San Francisco Opera Chorus led by John Keene embodies one population after another — monkeys, undersea dwellers, gods and heavenly hangers-on — and does it with power and cogency.
    — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025
  • TikTok’s algorithm started swamping me with humanities grad students of varying cogency.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of cogency
Noun
  • Being reflective in meetings but getting mistaken for being hesitant, while fast talk and forcefulness are praised as decisiveness.
    — Teresa Hopke, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Jackson’s allies have emphasized the forcefulness of his message and convictions.
    — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of forcefulness
Noun
  • The coach also praised his players for keeping their emotions in check after the red card and other decisions by the officiating crew.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Some stars receive a hero’s welcome, while others encounter mixed emotions after leaving in free agency.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of emotion
Noun
  • The third is large scale persuasion and manipulation, at a precision and scale that earlier propaganda could never reach.
    — Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Americans of all persuasions routinely join and support groups — typically organized as corporations — to achieve their various goals, including political ones.
    — Bradley A. Smith, Washington Post, 30 June 2026
Definition of persuasion
Noun
  • For the last three weeks, Lawrence has aimed to wrap the team and its fans in Midwestern warmth, hoisting the nation’s flag into the windows of countless shops, bars and restaurants.
    — Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • Exposure to warmth accelerates oxidation, the process that causes fats to go rancid.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026
Definition of warmth
Noun
  • As the moon and Pluto align, your aura of intensity magnifies.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Rather than simply assembling the most talented roster possible, Taylor said JHX is prioritizing players who understand the tournament’s intensity and have experienced the disappointment of coming up short.
    — Latif Love July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of intensity

Browse Nearby Words

meaningfully
meaningfulness
meaningless
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Meaningfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningfulness. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of gambol

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All