- deliberate
- genuine
- honest
- severe
- sincere
- thoughtful
- sober
- austere
- bound
- bound and determined
- businesslike
- cold sober
- contemplative
- deadpan
- determined
- downbeat
- earnest
- funereal
- go for broke
- grave
- grim
- intent
- long-faced
- meditative
- no-nonsense
- pensive
- pokerfaced
- reflective
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- set
- solemn
- staid
- steady
- stern
- unhumorous
- unsmiling
- weighty
- dangerous
- deep
- difficult
- far-reaching
- grievous
- important
- major
- meaningful
- severe
- significant
- tough
- urgent
- arduous
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- grave
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- laborious
- meaning business
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- playing hard ball
- pressing
- smoking
- sobering
- strenuous
- strictly business
- threatening
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- worrying
On this page you’ll find 212 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to serious, such as: deliberate, genuine, honest, severe, sincere, and thoughtful.
- calm
- easy
- facile
- friendly
- insignificant
- little
- meaningless
- minor
- small
- trivial
- unimportant
- worthless
- flippant
- funny
- happy
- light
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How to use serious in a sentence
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
CHILDREN’S WAYSJAMES SULLY
Diacetic acid occurs in the same conditions as acetone, but is less frequent and has more serious significance.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
They all wore very large linen collars and black cravats, which gave them a very serious appearance.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
She spoke with such a serious, tender grace, that Gordon seemed stirred to his depths again.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO SERIOUS
- afflictive
- critical
- crucial
- dangerous
- decisive
- desperate
- dire
- essential
- grave
- serious
- severe
- sudden
- urgent
- vital
- ascetic
- astringent
- cold
- earnest
- exacting
- forbidding
- formal
- grave
- grim
- hard
- harsh
- inexorable
- inflexible
- obdurate
- rigid
- rigorous
- serious
- sober
- solemn
- somber
- stern
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- unfeeling
- unrelenting
- disastrous
- distressing
- grave
- harsh
- intense
- painful
- serious
- terrible
- disastrous
- distressing
- grave
- harsh
- intense
- painful
- serious
- terrible
- big-league
- big-time
- consequential
- considerable
- eminent
- heavy-duty
- heavyweight
- influential
- leading
- main
- major-league
- material
- meaningful
- momentous
- paramount
- popular
- powerful
- prime
- principal
- prominent
- serious
- significant
- substantial
- super
- supercolossal
- valuable
- weighty
- big-time
- chief
- critical
- crucial
- exceptional
- four-star
- front-page
- grave
- great
- heavy
- high-power
- major-league
- playing hard ball
- professional
- serious
- strictly business
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How is the word serious different from other adjectives like it?
Some common synonyms of serious are earnest, grave, sedate, sober, solemn, and staid. While all these words mean «not light or frivolous,» serious implies a concern for what really matters.
a serious play about social injustice
In what contexts can earnest take the place of serious?
Although the words earnest and serious have much in common, earnest suggests sincerity or often zealousness of purpose.
When would grave be a good substitute for serious?
While in some cases nearly identical to serious, grave implies both seriousness and dignity in expression or attitude.
read the proclamation in a grave voice
When is it sensible to use sedate instead of serious?
While the synonyms sedate and serious are close in meaning, sedate implies a composed and decorous seriousness.
remained sedate amid the commotion
Where would sober be a reasonable alternative to serious?
The words sober and serious are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, sober stresses seriousness of purpose and absence of levity or frivolity.
a sober look at the state of our schools
When might solemn be a better fit than serious?
The synonyms solemn and serious are sometimes interchangeable, but solemn suggests an impressive gravity utterly free from levity.
a sad and solemn occasion
When is staid a more appropriate choice than serious?
In some situations, the words staid and serious are roughly equivalent. However, staid suggests a settled, accustomed sedateness and prim self-restraint.
a quiet and staid community
What is another word for Serious?
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grave
solemn, important
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severe
grave, help
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dangerous
help, severe
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sober
solemn, characteristic
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solemn
characteristic, attitude
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earnest
solemn, characteristic
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grievous
severe, help
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heavy
property, grave
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important
property, grave
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significant
important, severe
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weighty
important, property
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thoughtful
characteristic, pensive
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momentous
important, property
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sedate
solemn, characteristic
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critical
grave, severe
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staid
solemn, attitude
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sincere
somber, in earnest
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deep
thoughtful, intellectual
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difficult
easy, important
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grim
somber, crucial
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major
portentous, crucial
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crucial
portentous, urgent
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pressing
grave, urgent
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stern
somber
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urgent
crucial
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unsmiling
somber
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threatening
dangerous, ugly
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vital
urgent
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perilous
severe, dangerous
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no-nonsense
heavy, somber
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acute
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meaningful
careful, crucial
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resolute
sincere, committed
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consequential
portentous
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terrible
menacing
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pensive
thoughtful
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good
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genuine
sincere, in earnest
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determined
sincere, committed
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hard
easy, crucial
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By the way
found 20 synonyms
- good (28)
- grave (12)
- severe (9)
- sober (10)
- austere (5)
- bent on (0)
- bound (12)
- businesslike (2)
- cold sober (0)
- contemplative (6)
- deadpan (4)
- deliberate (5)
- determined (19)
- downbeat (0)
- draggy (0)
- earnest (10)
- funereal (8)
- genuine (22)
- grim (13)
- capital (12)
Morphological analysis of the word serious
Initial word form: SERIOUS
All forms of the word:
- SERIOUS