Synonyms for serious
ˈsɪər i əs

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. serious(adj)

   concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

   "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

   Synonyms:
   unplayful, severe, grave, good, life-threatening, sober, dangerous, grievous

   Antonyms:
   flighty, trivial, scatterbrained, light, lightheaded, light-headed, empty-headed, head-in-the-clouds, noncritical, silly, dizzy, flippant, flyaway, featherbrained, noncrucial, airheaded, frivolous, giddy, nonintellectual, easy, light-minded, unimportant, idle

2. serious(adj)

   of great consequence

   "marriage is a serious matter"

   Synonyms:
   unplayful, severe, grave, good, life-threatening, sober, dangerous, grievous

   Antonyms:
   dizzy, light, light-headed, empty-headed, flyaway, scatterbrained, giddy, lightheaded, head-in-the-clouds, nonintellectual, unimportant, flighty, light-minded, idle, flippant, airheaded, featherbrained, silly, trivial, noncrucial, easy, noncritical, frivolous

3. dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening(adj)

   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, 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:
   light-headed, empty-headed, giddy, lightheaded, featherbrained, easy, dizzy, airheaded, flighty, flyaway, noncritical, head-in-the-clouds, trivial, frivolous, silly, unimportant, noncrucial, light, nonintellectual, flippant, light-minded, scatterbrained, idle

4. good, serious(adj)

   appealing to the mind

   "good music"; "a serious book"

   Synonyms:
   dear, good, beneficial, unplayful, in effect(p), unspoiled, skillful, sound, secure, effective, severe, upright, salutary, in force(p), skilful, practiced, dependable, estimable, life-threatening, grievous, expert, just, grave, dangerous, sober, proficient, full, honest, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, ripe, safe, adept, honorable, well(p), right, near

   Antonyms:
   flighty, featherbrained, light-minded, scatterbrained, dizzy, flyaway, flippant, empty-headed, easy, noncritical, idle, airheaded, silly, noncrucial, lightheaded, light, head-in-the-clouds, unimportant, giddy, nonintellectual, light-headed, trivial, frivolous

5. unplayful, serious, sober(adj)

   completely lacking in playfulness

   Synonyms:
   severe, sombre, drab, grave, good, sedate, unplayful, life-threatening, sober, somber, dangerous, grievous, solemn

   Antonyms:
   dizzy, noncrucial, silly, giddy, flighty, lightheaded, empty-headed, flyaway, scatterbrained, flippant, light-minded, head-in-the-clouds, featherbrained, airheaded, light, trivial, unimportant, nonintellectual, light-headed, easy, noncritical, idle, frivolous

6. serious(adj)

   requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

   "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw"

   Synonyms:
   unplayful, severe, grave, good, life-threatening, sober, dangerous, grievous

   Antonyms:
   light-headed, unimportant, nonintellectual, lightheaded, trivial, empty-headed, noncrucial, light, head-in-the-clouds, silly, flighty, noncritical, flippant, giddy, scatterbrained, flyaway, dizzy, light-minded, easy, featherbrained, frivolous, idle, airheaded

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. serious(adjective)

   Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving; meaningful.

   After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention.

   Antonyms:
   jesting

2. serious(adjective)

   Antonyms:
   trifling, unimportant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. serious

   Synonyms:
   grave, thoughtful, careful, earnest, solemn, important, weighty

   Antonyms:
   volatile, gay, thoughtless, careless, joking, jocose, insignificant, unimportant, trifling, trivial, light

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. serious(a.)

   Synonyms:
   grave, solemn, sedate, staid, sober, earnest, demure, not gay, not sportive or jocose

2. serious(a.)

   Synonyms:
   important, weighty, great, momentous

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. serious(a)

   Synonyms:
   grave, earnest, thoughtful, solemn, staid, sober, demure, saturnine, momentous, important, weighty, grave, dangerous, alarming, critical

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1. List of paraphrases:

   grave, severe, seriously, acute, major, gross, dangerous, earnest, heavy, grievous, significant, dire, deep, graves, great, conscientiously, gravely, seriousness, critical, important, profound, considerable, severely, bad, earnestly, big, gravity, substantial, large, egregious, strong, huge, jad, real, difficult

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1. Shaunna Thomas:

   The entertainment industry still has a lot of work to do, as pretty much every industry does, but, obviously their impact on culture is significant. They shape the content that the vast majority of people in this country are consuming, and so when you have misogynists shaping that kind of content that people are seeing, that's serious.

2. Selahattin Demirtas:

   Turkey carried out a couple of air strikes against Islamic State just for show, without causing serious damage to it, nor is Islamic State feeling serious pressure from Turkey, turkey's operations do not aim at taking measures against Islamic State. The main objective is to prevent the formation of a Kurdish entity in northern Syria.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   It tells me what is a very serious problem, it's not just about Hillary Clinton or Bill Clinton. It is about a political system today that is dominated by big money. It's about the Koch brothers being prepared to spend $900 million dollars in the coming election.

4. Vance McCollom:

   We have partners coming to hospital with more serious stuff, due to chiropractic manipulation, by popping neck by a professional.

5. The CSU:

   It is serious, very serious.

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