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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How to use seriousness in a sentence?

1. Heraclitus:

   Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

2. Polly Neate:

   The club has a responsibility to look at who it is hiring in high-profile positions, and consider whether a convicted rapist, who continues to protest that he's done nothing wrong and whose case has attracted widespread victim-blaming language, is someone that they want to be representing their brand, it's important that high profile institutions take a stand about the seriousness of rape as a crime, and do not in any way condone the blaming of victims of rape, or participate in a culture which trivializes violence against women.

3. Police Chief Gorden Eden:

   Insubordination tears at the fabric of public safety especially when the officer makes a choice not to follow a lawful order, in imposing the discipline of termination, I considered the seriousness of the acts and omissions, aggravating circumstances and Officer Dear's disciplinary record.

4. Alan Gross:

   I was very happy to hear what the President had to say today – it was particularly cool to be sitting next to the Secretary of State as he was hearing about his job description for the next couple of months, in all seriousness, this is a game changer which I support.

5. Michael J. Gelb:

   Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.