Antonyms for grave
ˈgrɑ veɪgrave

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1. grave

   Antonyms:
   joyous, merry, facetious, unimportant, ridiculous, trivial, light, frivolous, futile

   Synonyms:
   sad, serious, momentous, weighty, pressing, sedate, demure, thoughtful, sober, sombre, solemn, important, aggravated, heavy, cogent

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1. gravenoun

   death of a person

   "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, frivolous, noncritical, unimportant

   Synonyms:
   grave accent, tomb

2. grave, tombnoun

   a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

   "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, frivolous, noncritical, unimportant

   Synonyms:
   grave accent, tomb

3. grave accent, graveadjective

   a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, noncritical, frivolous, noncrucial

   Synonyms:
   grave accent, tomb

4. grave, sedate, sober, solemnadjective

   dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

   "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, noncritical, unimportant, frivolous

   Synonyms:
   severe, sober, serious, somber, earnest, sincere, dangerous, staid, unplayful, weighty, grievous, drab, sedate, life-threatening, solemn, heavy, sombre

5. 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:
   noncrucial, unimportant, frivolous, noncritical

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

6. grave, grievous, heavy, weightyverb

   of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

   "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"

   Antonyms:
   frivolous, noncritical, unimportant, noncrucial

   Synonyms:
   heartrending, sullen, laborious, heavy, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, corpulent, sound, serious, gruelling, dense, grueling, wakeless, with child(p), threatening, solemn, profound, backbreaking, severe, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), great(p), clayey, enceinte, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, fleshy, atrocious, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, life-threatening, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, sedate, heartbreaking, sonorous, dangerous, arduous, operose, sober, rotund, heavy(p), big(a), labored, obese, laboured, punishing, cogent, telling, gravid, big(p), lowering, leaden

7. sculpt, sculpture, graveverb

   shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

   "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

   Antonyms:
   noncritical, frivolous, unimportant, noncrucial

   Synonyms:
   sculpt, scratch, sculpture, inscribe, engrave

8. scratch, engrave, grave, inscribeverb

   carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

   "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, unimportant, frivolous, noncritical

   Synonyms:
   itch, call off, scrape up, enrol, expunge, enter, fret, recruit, strike, etch, chafe, sculpture, code, cipher, cypher, come up, scratch, autograph, cancel, inscribe, write in code, encrypt, engrave, scrub, sculpt, scrape, fray, encipher, enroll, excise, scratch up, rub

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1. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   important, momentous, serious, sober, solemn, staid, demure, sedate, quiet, thoughtful, subdued, sepulchral

2. gravenoun

   Synonyms:
   tomb, sepulcher, charnel-house, ossuary, sepulture, tumulus, barrow

How to use grave in a sentence?

1. A. J. Liebling:

   I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.

2. Ed Markey:

   Unfortunately, it has taken FDA far too long to address the grave risks of these drugs that have claimed the lives of thousands this year alone.

3. Laura Coates:

   The jury instructions were really centered around that term 'reasonable.' Defining the word 'reasonable.' And the jury instructions required this jury to look through the lens and perspective of Kyle Rittenhouse. Not Monday morning quarterback, not the jurors, or the court of public opinion in hindsight, what would he reasonably and what did he reasonably believe about the possibility of a lethal threat or harm and grave bodily harm?

4. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   We held a consultation about the series of offensive and defensive measures that we will implement to act against the grave phenomenon of shootings. They certainly challenge us, but we will provide an answer.

5. The Philippine regional court:

   There is extreme urgency to issue a temporary restraining order to the petitioner to prevent grave and irreparable injury and damages because their claim that they suffer less or low incomes and earnings is found to be persuasive.

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