Need another word that means the same as “unintentional”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “unintentional” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Unintentional” are: designed, intentional, unplanned, unwitting, unintended, accidental, inadvertent, involuntary, unthinking, unmeant, unpremeditated, unexpected, unforeseen, fortuitous, chance, coincidental, serendipitous, unconscious, subconscious
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unintentional” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| accidental | Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally. The location is accidental and contributes nothing to the poem. |
| chance | Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance. A chance occurrence. |
| coincidental | Happening or existing at the same time. Any resemblance between their reports is purely coincidental. |
| designed | Planned or conceived in detail or for a specific purpose. Style is more than the deliberate and designed creation. |
| fortuitous | Having no cause or apparent cause. The similarity between the paintings may not be simply fortuitous. |
| inadvertent | Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning. With an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table. |
| intentional | Done or made or performed with purpose and intent- Havelock Ellis. Intentional damage. |
| involuntary | Done without will or conscious control. She gave an involuntary shudder. |
| serendipitous | Lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries. A serendipitous encounter. |
| subconscious | Of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one’s actions and feelings. My subconscious fear. |
| unconscious | Not knowing or perceiving- Charles Dickens. Happily unconscious of the new calamity at home. |
| unexpected | Not expected or regarded as likely to happen. His death was totally unexpected. |
| unforeseen | Not anticipated- H.W.Glidden. Unforeseen circumstances. |
| unintended | Not planned or meant. The unintended consequences of people s actions. |
| unmeant | Not meant or intended. An unmeant threat. |
| unplanned | Without apparent forethought or prompting or planning. Accepts an unplanned order. |
| unpremeditated | (of an act, remark, or state) not thought out or planned beforehand. It was a totally unpremeditated attack. |
| unthinking | Not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought. She was at pains to correct unthinking prejudices. |
| unwitting | Not aware or knowing. An unwitting accomplice. |
| accidental | (in Aristotelian thought) relating to or denoting properties which are not essential to a thing’s nature. The location is accidental and contributes nothing to the poem. |
| accidentally | Of a minor or subordinate nature. Accidentally knocked the vase over. |
| adventitious | Associated by chance and not an integral part. They had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character. |
| automatic | A vehicle with automatic transmission. Automatic transmission. |
| averse | Having a strong dislike of or opposition to something. As a former CIA director he is not averse to secrecy. |
| blind | Make blind by putting the eyes out. Her eyes were blinded with scalding tears. |
| casually | Not methodically or according to plan. Glanced casually at the headlines. |
| disinclined | Unwilling; reluctant. Disinclined to say anything to anybody. |
| incidental | An item that is incidental. The road will bring other incidental advantages. |
| insure | Protect by insurance. The table should be insured for 2 500. |
| involuntary | Done against someone’s will; compulsory. Involuntary muscles. |
| loath | (usually followed by `to’) strongly opposed. I was loath to leave. |
| loathe | Find repugnant. I loathe that man. |
| negatively | In a negative way, especially by expressing denial, disagreement, or refusal. Traffic congestion had impacted negatively on their business. |
| opportunist | Opportunistic. The calculating and opportunist politician. |
| reflex | In reflexology a response in a part of the body to stimulation of a corresponding point on the feet hands or head. An act of consciousness is a reflex act with its own object viz the act of knowledge itself. |
| reluctant | Disinclined to become involved. She seemed reluctant to answer. |
| spontaneous | (of movement or activity in an organism) instinctive or involuntary. Spontaneous combustion. |
| unaware | (often followed by `of’) not aware. Unaware of the danger they were in. |
| unconscious | Not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead. Happily unconscious of the new calamity at home. |
| unconsciously | Without awareness. Unconsciously she has spent her whole life looking for a man who could live up to the ideal of her father. |
| unexpected | Not expected or anticipated. He seemed to have a knack for saying the unexpected. |
| unintended | Not planned or meant. The unintended consequences of people s actions. |
| unintentionally | Without intention; in an unintentional manner. I may have unintentionally misled some of you. |
| unknown | Being or having an unknown or unnamed source. An unknown writer. |
| unnamed | Being or having an unknown or unnamed source. The unnamed man was found unconscious. |
| unwilling | Not ready, eager, or prepared to do something. Unwilling to face facts. |
| unwillingly | In an unwilling manner. He unwillingly went back to the family business in the City. |
| unwitting | Not done with purpose or intent. An unwitting subject in an experiment. |
| voluntary | A piece of music performed extempore, especially as a prelude to other music, or composed in a free style. Voluntary generosity in times of disaster. |
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