Synonyms for seriousness
se·ri·ous·ness

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1. seriousness

   Synonyms:
   dulness, gravity, sobriety, solemnity, stolidity, stupidity

   Antonyms:
   banter, burlesque, drollery, facetiousness, fun, humor, jest, jocularity, joke, playfulness, pleasantry, raillery, waggery, waggishness, wit, witticism

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1. earnestness, seriousness, sinceritynoun

   an earnest and sincere feeling

   Synonyms:
   earnestness, unassumingness, distressfulness, sincerity, serious-mindedness

   Antonyms:
   frivolity, frivolousness

2. seriousness, distressfulnessnoun

   the quality of arousing fear or distress

   "he learned the seriousness of his illness"

   Synonyms:
   earnestness, distressfulness, sincerity, serious-mindedness

   Antonyms:
   frivolousness, frivolity

3. seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sinceritynoun

   the trait of being serious

   "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice

   Synonyms:
   earnestness, unassumingness, distressfulness, sincerity, serious-mindedness

   Antonyms:
   frivolousness, frivolity

Matched Categories

1. • Badness
   • Gravity
   • Trait

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1. seriousnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   gravity, solemnity, demureness, sedateness

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1. seriousnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   gravity

   Antonyms:
   levity, frivolity, triviality

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1. List of paraphrases for "seriousness":

   gravity, severity, solemnity, earnestness, serious, magnitude, earnest, acuteness, sincerity

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1. Nealie Barker:

   They still didn't seem to grasp the seriousness of the issue. They were treating it like a canceled booking.

2. Judge Michalis Papathanasiou:

   All mitigating factors were taken into account but it does not negate the seriousness of the offence.

3. Christophe Crepin:

   This cell did not include just those three. We think with all seriousness that they had accomplices, because of the weaponry, the logistics and the costs of it, these are heavy weapons. When I talk about things like a rocket launcher — it's not like buying a baguette on the corner. It's for targeted acts.

4. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

   Donald's going to be as serious a candidate as he wants to be. He can determine through the depth of his answers, the seriousness of his answers, whether he's a serious candidate or he isn't.

5. Le Drian:

   This extraordinary decision reflects the exceptional seriousness of the announcements made on September 15 by Australia and the United States, the abandonment of the ocean-class submarine project that Australia and France had been working on since 2016 and the announcement of a new partnership with United States aimed at studying the possibility of future cooperation on nuclear-powered submarines constitute unacceptable behavior among allies and partners ; their consequences affect the very concept we have of our alliances, our partnerships, and the importance of the Indo-Pacific for Europe.