Synonyms for Gravity
ˈgræv ɪ tigrav·i·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.3 / 4 votes

1. gravity

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational forcenoun

   (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface

   "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein

   Synonyms:
   gravity, sombreness, graveness, solemnity, gravitational attraction, somberness, gravitation, gravitational force, soberness, sobriety

   Antonyms:
   levity

2. graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombrenessnoun

   a manner that is serious and solemn

   Synonyms:
   sombreness, solemnity, gloom, graveness, dryness, gravity, gravitational attraction, gloominess, temperance, somberness, gravitation, gravitational force, soberness, sobriety

   Antonyms:
   levity

3. gravity, solemnitynoun

   a solemn and dignified feeling

   Synonyms:
   gravity, sombreness, graveness, solemnity, gravitational attraction, staidness, somberness, gravitation, solemness, gravitational force, sedateness, soberness, sobriety

   Antonyms:
   levity

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1. • Feeling

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.3 / 4 votes

1. non-contact force

   cool.

   Submitted by rinat on September 8, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gravitynoun

   Synonyms:
   heaviness, weight

2. gravitynoun

   Synonyms:
   gravitation, centripetal force, attraction of gravitation

3. gravitynoun

   Synonyms:
   sobriety, seriousness, sedateness, thoughtfulness, demureness

4. gravitynoun

   Synonyms:
   importance, moment

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1. List of paraphrases for "gravity":

   seriousness, severity, gravimetric, gravitation, acuteness, magnitude, weightlessness, serious, density, heaviness

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1. Brian Fallon:

   Hillary Clinton is deeply troubled by the shooting of Laquan McDonald and the outstanding questions related to both the shooting and the video, mayor Emanuel's call for a task force to review practices of the Chicago Police Department is an important step, but given the gravity of this tragic situation, she supports a full review by the Department of Justice.

2. Jamie Raskin:

   I haven’t spoken to [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi]today about this. Look, I know that everybody wants to focus on trial tactics and strategy and so on. I want people to focus on the solemnity and the gravity of these events.

3. Neil Saunders:

   After a year of defying gravity, the slowing economy and pressures on consumers have finally caught up with Home Depot, for most of 2022, the number of existing homes sold has been in decline. However, the pace of decline accelerated in December with the volume of completed sales down by a sharp 36.3%.

4. Makoto Moore:

   Plume collapses occur when the heat generated at the surface by The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire is no longer sufficient to maintain an updraft, it could be because of the fire running out of fuel, or shading of the solar insolation, or any number of reasons, but the energy at the surface is cut and the column collapses due to its own weight and gravity.

5. David Burbach:

   The hope has been to commercialize the station, but it's not clear much progress has been made or even what commercialization would mean in practice. ISS is probably not ideally fitted out as a hotel for space tourists, and it's not clear there's much business interest in using ISS for zero gravity RD.