single-minded

adjective

Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.

Meanings

adjectivesingle-minded (comparative more single-minded, superlative most single-minded)

comparative more single-minded · superlative most single-minded

  1. Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.

    Ruthless and single-minded, the Roekaar's propaganda describes their intent to drive all alien invaders, both Milky Way and kett, out of the Heleus Cluster.

    2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: The Roekaar Codex entry
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    They consider it an earnest of the epoch to come that it fell to the lot of Abraham Lincoln, the single-minded son of the working class, to lead his country through the matchless struggle for the rescue of an enchained race and the reconstruction of a social world.

    1865 January 7, Karl Mark, “Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America”, in The Bee-Hive Newspaper, number 169

    Southgate's single-minded approach means he will not worry about outside noise if he is convinced this is the right way to go. The proof, as ever, will come with results before and during the summer's delayed Euro 2020 showpiece.

    2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedetermined

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian целенасочен
  • целенасочен (celenasočen)intensely focused
Chinese Mandarin 專一 /专一, 專心致志 /专心致志
  • 專一 /专一 (zhuānyī)intensely focused
  • 專心致志 /专心致志 (zhuānxīnzhìzhì)intensely focused
  • 一心一意 (yīxīnyīyì)intensely focused
Finnish määrätietoinen
  • määrätietoinenintensely focused
French déterminé, résolu
  • déterminéintensely focused
  • résoluintensely focused
German unbeirrbar, zielstrebig
  • unbeirrbarintensely focused
  • zielstrebigintensely focused
  • entschlossenintensely focused
Polish zdeterminowany
  • zdeterminowanyintensely focused
Portuguese determinado
  • determinadointensely focused
Romanian determinat, rezolut
  • determinatintensely focused
  • rezolutintensely focused
Russian целеустремлённый, целенапра́вленный
  • целеустремлённый (celeustremljónnyj)intensely focused
  • целенапра́вленный (celenaprávlennyj)intensely focused
Swedish målmedveten
  • målmedvetenintensely focused
Cite this entry
APA

single-minded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-minded

MLA

“single-minded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-minded. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “single-minded,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-minded.

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