Antonym of word serious

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1. seriousadjective

   Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving; meaningful.

   After all these years, we’re finally getting serious attention.

   Antonyms:
   jesting

2. seriousadjective

   Antonyms:
   trifling, unimportant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. serious

   Antonyms:
   volatile, gay, thoughtless, careless, joking, jocose, insignificant, unimportant, trifling, trivial, light

   Synonyms:
   grave, thoughtful, careful, earnest, solemn, important, weighty

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. seriousadjective

   concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

   «a serious student of history»; «a serious attempt to learn to ski»; «gave me a serious look»; «a serious young man»; «are you serious or joking?»; «Don’t be so serious!»

   Antonyms:
   flighty, trivial, scatterbrained, light, lightheaded, light-headed, empty-headed, head-in-the-clouds, noncritical, silly, dizzy, flippant, flyaway, featherbrained, noncrucial, airheaded, frivolous, giddy, nonintellectual, easy, light-minded, unimportant, idle

   Synonyms:
   unplayful, severe, grave, good, life-threatening, sober, dangerous, grievous

2. seriousadjective

   of great consequence

   «marriage is a serious matter»

   Antonyms:
   dizzy, light, light-headed, empty-headed, flyaway, scatterbrained, giddy, lightheaded, head-in-the-clouds, nonintellectual, unimportant, flighty, light-minded, idle, flippant, airheaded, featherbrained, silly, trivial, noncrucial, easy, noncritical, frivolous

   Synonyms:
   unplayful, severe, grave, good, life-threatening, sober, dangerous, grievous

3. dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threateningadjective

   causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

   «a dangerous operation»; «a grave situation»; «a grave illness»; «grievous bodily harm»; «a serious wound»; «a serious turn of events»; «a severe case of pneumonia»; «a life-threatening disease»

   Antonyms:
   light-headed, empty-headed, giddy, lightheaded, featherbrained, easy, dizzy, airheaded, flighty, flyaway, noncritical, head-in-the-clouds, trivial, frivolous, silly, unimportant, noncrucial, light, nonintellectual, flippant, light-minded, scatterbrained, idle

   Synonyms:
   severe, sober, wicked, stark, unsafe, terrible, hard, spartan, stern, heavy, unplayful, weighty, monstrous, grave, good, grievous, atrocious, sedate, flagitious, life-threatening, dangerous, knockout, austere, heartbreaking, heartrending, solemn

4. good, seriousadjective

   appealing to the mind

   «good music»; «a serious book»

   Antonyms:
   flighty, featherbrained, light-minded, scatterbrained, dizzy, flyaway, flippant, empty-headed, easy, noncritical, idle, airheaded, silly, noncrucial, lightheaded, light, head-in-the-clouds, unimportant, giddy, nonintellectual, light-headed, trivial, frivolous

   Synonyms:
   dear, good, beneficial, unplayful, in effect(p), unspoiled, skillful, sound, secure, effective, severe, upright, salutary, in force(p), skilful, practiced, dependable, estimable, life-threatening, grievous, expert, just, grave, dangerous, sober, proficient, full, honest, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, ripe, safe, adept, honorable, well(p), right, near

5. unplayful, serious, soberadjective

   completely lacking in playfulness

   Antonyms:
   dizzy, noncrucial, silly, giddy, flighty, lightheaded, empty-headed, flyaway, scatterbrained, flippant, light-minded, head-in-the-clouds, featherbrained, airheaded, light, trivial, unimportant, nonintellectual, light-headed, easy, noncritical, idle, frivolous

   Synonyms:
   severe, sombre, drab, grave, good, sedate, unplayful, life-threatening, sober, somber, dangerous, grievous, solemn

6. seriousadjective

   requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

   «raised serious objections to the proposal»; «the plan has a serious flaw»

   Antonyms:
   light-headed, unimportant, nonintellectual, lightheaded, trivial, empty-headed, noncrucial, light, head-in-the-clouds, silly, flighty, noncritical, flippant, giddy, scatterbrained, flyaway, dizzy, light-minded, easy, featherbrained, frivolous, idle, airheaded

   Synonyms:
   unplayful, severe, grave, good, life-threatening, sober, dangerous, grievous

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1. seriousadjective

   Synonyms:
   grave, earnest, thoughtful, solemn, staid, sober, demure, saturnine, momentous, important, weighty, grave, dangerous, alarming, critical

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. relaxed

   Submitted by ryan_1 on July 14, 2020  

2. comic

   causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.

   3 idiots was a comic movie while paan singh tomar was tragic

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

How to use serious in a sentence?

1. State Department spokesman Mark Toner:

   He’s now in the hospital reportedly in very serious condition.

2. Donna Adler:

   However, the bill as presently written poses serious threats to constitutional protections of religious liberty, for churches, faith institutions and businesses run by people of faith.

3. Raphael Warnock:

   There could not be a more stark contrast on the matter of competence and the matter of character, and he fails on both accounts, i am running against someone who is not a serious person. But here is the danger: Because he’s not a serious person, there may be a temptation among some not to take the race seriously. Herschel Walker is not to be taken seriously, but this race is to be taken seriously.

4. Supreme Court:

   These questions of whether the plaintiffs have the kind of real-world injury that is necessary to get into court, and whether their claim was timely or filed too late apply across the board in federal lawsuits, there are serious questions on whether the Supreme Court is willing to endorse the district’s court’s very broad approach to those questions.

5. Adam Marshall:

   The utter dismay amongst businesses watching events in Westminster can not be exaggerated, our firms are worried, investors around the world are baffled and disappointed, and markets are showing serious strain as this political saga goes on and on.

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