Synonyms for Grave
ˈgrɑ veɪgrave

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

1. grave

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

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

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1. gravenoun

   death of a person

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

   Synonyms:
   grave accent, tomb

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, frivolous, noncritical, unimportant

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"

   Synonyms:
   grave, grave accent, tomb

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, frivolous, noncritical, unimportant

3. grave accent, graveadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   grave, grave accent, tomb

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, noncritical, frivolous, noncrucial

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, noncritical, unimportant, frivolous

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"

   Synonyms:
   severe, sober, serious, 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

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, unimportant, frivolous, noncritical

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"

   Synonyms:
   heartrending, sullen, laborious, heavy, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, corpulent, sound, serious, gruelling, dense, grueling, wakeless, with child(p), threatening, solemn, grave, 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

   Antonyms:
   frivolous, noncritical, unimportant, noncrucial

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"

   Synonyms:
   grave, sculpt, scratch, sculpture, inscribe, engrave

   Antonyms:
   noncritical, frivolous, unimportant, noncrucial

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"

   Synonyms:
   itch, call off, scrape up, enrol, expunge, enter, fret, grave, 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

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, unimportant, frivolous, noncritical

Matched Categories

1. • Carve
   • Death
   • Topographic Point

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. graveverb

   Synonyms:
   engrave, imprint, infix, impress deeply

2. graveverb

   Synonyms:
   carve, form by cutting

3. gravenoun

   Synonyms:
   pit (for a dead body), sepulchre, tomb, ossuary, charnel-house, narrow house, long home

4. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   important, weighty, momentous, cogent, of great consequence

5. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   sober, serious, sedate, thoughtful, demure, staid, solemn

6. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   plain, not showy, not tawdry

7. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Music.) deep, not acute, low in pitch

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "grave":

   serious, severe, tomb, deep, gross, profound, acute, graves, seriously, cemetery, dangerous, falls, major, burial, great, severely, heavy, dire, grievous, gravesite, gravely, graveyard

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1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   'Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art; to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.'

2. Mitch McConnell:

   Precipitously withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan is a grave mistake.

3. Erika Sanzi:

   Since when is it acceptable to teach 11-year-olds that they may want to start trying risky sexual behaviors (risky is their word, not mine) but they should not use the words male and female and opt instead for person with a penis and person with a vulva? these lessons coupled with the sinister manipulation of language will have grave consequences. It must be called out and rejected.

4. John Podesta:

   The bipartisan electors’ letter raises very grave issues involving our national security, electors have a solemn responsibility under the Constitution and we support their efforts to have their questions addressed.

5. The Bible:

   ], fjs) ; }( document, id)) ; View this post on The Bible tells us that jealousy is as cruel as the grave. Unbelievable. Rest In Peace, Pop. A post shared by Barbie( @nickiminaj) on Feb 19, 2020 at 6:57 am PST.