What are the opposite words for serious?
The term serious can be described using several antonyms, such as light-hearted, humorous, funny, comical, and entertaining. Light-hearted is opposite the trait of seriousness and is often used to describe someone who is carefree and cheerful. Humorous combines wit with a focus on laughter and provides levity to serious situations. Similarly, funny is used when describing situations or persons that provoke laughter. Comical, like humorous, describes situations that are amusing or absurd. Finally, entertaining is used to describe something or someone that is enjoyable or amusing, and provides a sense of enjoyment - the opposite of seriousness.
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- absurd
- foolish
- ridiculous
- lively
- witty
- cheerful
- light
- amusing
- unimportant
- side
- joyful
- casual
- crazy
- dizzy
- ebullient
- entertaining
- extravagant
- fanciful
- fantastic
- farcical
- fine
- giddy
- good-humored
- happy
- humorous
- insubstantial
- irrepressible
- irreverent
- loopy
- preposterous
- rich
- risible
- sprightly
- stupid
- tongue-in-cheek
- unwise
- uproarious
- wacky
- zany
- bizarre
- breezy
- comical
- convivial
- droll
- effervescent
- facetious
- festive
- flimsy
- flippant
- frivolous
- frolicsome
- funny
- genial
- gossamer
- grotesque
- hilarious
- idiotic
- illuminated
- irrational
- jaunty
- jolly
- laughable
- mawkish
- merry
- mindless
- playful
- priceless
- quaint
- rare
- rollicking
- sentimental
- silly
- slight
- superficial
- trivial
- unreasonable
- ridiculous, senseless
- all
- entertaining, funny
- strange, wild
- comic/comical
- easy, lighthearted
- chance, random
- immature, silly
- fun-loving
- unrealistic, fantastic
- flighty, scatterbrained
- amusing, farcical
- fizzing, foaming
- amusing, pleasing
- indulgent, wasteful
- imaginary, romantic
- strange, different; imaginary
- decorated, celebratory
- dainty, delicate; sheer
- not strong; light, thin
- nonsensical, idiotic
- trivial, silly
- comical, humorous
- extremely nice and happy
- silly, impulsive
- funny, happy
- childish
- ugly, misshapen
- in high spirits; satisfied
- funny, comical
- weak, imaginary
- illogical, senseless
- laughing, joyful
- sentimental, emotional
- very happy; festive
- jocular/jocose/jocund
- ridiculous, bizarre
- precious, irreplaceable
- strange, odd
- precious, excellent
- having a lot of money
- stupid, funny
- fun-loving, lively
- foolish, sentimental
- emotional, romantic
- crucial, weighty
- somber, humorless
- minor; flanking
- absurd, giddy, foolish
- thin, small in build
- fun, vivacious
- not intelligent; irresponsible
- without depth, detail
- of no real worth, value
- not logical or sensible
- stupid, irresponsible
- acting crazy
- playful, fanciful
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- absurd
-
foolish
- cockamamy,
- loopy,
- tomfool,
- nerdy,
- half baked,
- half witted,
- halfbaked,
- halfwitted,
- ill advised,
- illadvised,
- illconsidered,
- in cautious,
- in discreet,
- in judicious,
- in-cautious,
- in-discreet,
- in-judicious,
- in-sanest,
- more cockamamy,
- most cockamamy,
- nerdier,
- nerdiest,
- un intelligent,
- un-intelligent,
- un-wise.
- ridiculous
- lively
- witty
-
cheerful
- chirpy,
- gladsome,
- in good spirits,
- in high spirits,
- perky,
- snappy,
- heartiest,
- chirpiest,
- zingy,
- zappy,
- chirpier,
- full of pep,
- full pep,
- good humored,
- good natured,
- goodnatured,
- more bucked,
- more gladsome,
- more up,
- most bucked,
- most gladsome,
- most up,
- most winsome,
- sunny side up,
- up beat,
- up-beat,
- zappier,
- zappiest,
- zingiest.
-
light
- aglow,
- featherweight,
- light-footed,
- light-skinned,
- phosphorescent,
- scintillant,
- shoestring,
- sylphlike,
- undemanding,
- unexacting,
- well-lighted,
- Floatable,
- Imponderous,
- well lit,
- lightest,
- sunny-side up,
- unobscured,
- fair-skinned,
- not much,
- hardly any,
- untroublesome,
- fair skinned,
- hardly enough,
- in consequential,
- in considerable,
- in distinct,
- in significant,
- in-consequential,
- in-considerable,
- in-distinct,
- in-sufficient,
- light footed,
- light hued,
- light skinned,
- light toned,
- light-hued,
- light-toned,
- lighthued,
- lightskinned,
- lighttoned,
- more aglow,
- more bleached,
- more burnished,
- more fairskinned,
- more floatable,
- more fluorescent,
- more imponderous,
- more light footed,
- more light toned,
- more light-footed,
- more light-skinned,
- more light-toned,
- more lightfooted,
- more lighthued,
- more lightskinned,
- more lighttoned,
- more scintillant,
- more shoestring,
- more sylphlike,
- more tissuelike,
- more tow headed,
- more tow-headed,
- more undemanding,
- more unexacting,
- more unobscured,
- more untaxing,
- more untroublesome,
- more well lighted,
- more well lit,
- more well-lighted,
- more well-lit,
- more welllighted,
- most aglow,
- most bleached,
- most fair skinned,
- most fairskinned,
- most flashing,
- most floatable,
- most fluorescent,
- most imponderous,
- most light footed,
- most light hued,
- most light skinned,
- most light toned,
- most light-footed,
- most light-hued,
- most light-skinned,
- most light-toned,
- most lightfooted,
- most lighttoned,
- most phosphorescent,
- most scintillant,
- most shoestring,
- most sylphlike,
- most tissuelike,
- most tow headed,
- most tow-headed,
- most undemanding,
- most unexacting,
- most unobscured,
- most untaxing,
- most untroublesome,
- most well lighted,
- most well lit,
- most well-lighted,
- most well-lit,
- most welllit,
- not rich,
- re-fulgent,
- re-splendent,
- sunnyside up,
- tissuelike,
- tow headed,
- tow-headed,
- un clouded,
- un demanding,
- un heavier,
- un heaviest,
- un heavy,
- un obscured,
- un taxing,
- un troublesome,
- un-demanding,
- un-exacting,
- un-heavier,
- un-heaviest,
- un-heavy,
- un-obscured,
- un-taxing,
- un-troublesome,
- unheavier,
- unheaviest,
- well lighted,
- welllighted,
- welllit.
- amusing
-
unimportant
- frothy,
- of no account,
- low-ranking,
- of no consequence,
- low ranking,
- lowranking,
- more low ranking,
- more low-ranking,
- more lowranking,
- more nothing,
- more zero,
- most low ranking,
- most low-ranking,
- most lowranking,
- most nothing,
- most zero,
- un important,
- un necessary,
- un-important,
- un-necessary,
- zilcher,
- zilchest,
- zippest.
- side
- joyful
-
casual
- insouciant,
- offhand,
- serendipitous,
- uninterested,
- Pococurante,
- unfussy,
- down home,
- in curious,
- in different,
- in frequent,
- in-curious,
- in-different,
- in-frequent,
- laid back,
- laidback,
- lowpressure,
- more pococurante,
- more serendipitous,
- most low pressure,
- most pococurante,
- most serendipitous,
- re-mote,
- un concerned,
- un expected,
- un fussier,
- un fussiest,
- un fussy,
- un intentional,
- un interested,
- un planned,
- un-concerned,
- un-expected,
- un-foreseen,
- un-fussier,
- un-fussiest,
- un-fussy,
- un-intentional,
- un-interested,
- un-planned,
- un-premeditated,
- unfussier,
- unfussiest,
- with drawn,
- with-drawn.
-
crazy
- derisory,
- ill-conceived,
- beyond all reason,
- beyond reason,
- ill conceived,
- illconceived,
- in appropriate,
- in sane,
- in saner,
- in sanest,
- in-appropriate,
- in-sane,
- in-saner,
- more derisory,
- more ill-conceived,
- more illconceived,
- most derisory,
- most ill conceived,
- most ill-conceived,
- out all reason,
- out of all reason,
- out of reason,
- un workable,
- un-workable.
- dizzy
- ebullient
- entertaining
- extravagant
-
fanciful
- blue sky,
- fairytale,
- incredible,
- castles in the air,
- castles air,
- castles in air,
- castles the air,
- fairy-tale,
- in credible,
- in-credible,
- more curious,
- more fabulous,
- more fairy tale,
- more fairy-tale,
- more fairytale,
- more fancied,
- most fairy tale,
- most fairy-tale,
- most fairytale,
- most fancied,
- pie in sky,
- pie sky,
- pie the sky,
- un-real.
- fantastic
- farcical
-
fine
- fine-grained,
- Finedrawn,
- Gossamery,
- fine-drawn,
- Fine-spun,
- fine drawn,
- fine grained,
- fine spun,
- finegrained,
- more fine drawn,
- more fine grained,
- more fine spun,
- more fine-drawn,
- more fine-grained,
- more fine-spun,
- more finedrawn,
- more finegrained,
- more gossamery,
- more powdered,
- more quality,
- most fine drawn,
- most fine grained,
- most fine spun,
- most fine-drawn,
- most fine-grained,
- most fine-spun,
- most finedrawn,
- most finegrained,
- most gossamery,
- most powdered,
- most pulverized,
- most quality,
- trans parent,
- trans-parent.
-
giddy
- changeful,
- unsteady,
- bubbleheaded,
- ditzy,
- be mused,
- be-mused,
- ditzier,
- ditziest,
- in-constant,
- more bubbleheaded,
- more changeful,
- more flustered,
- most bubbleheaded,
- most changeful,
- most flustered,
- un settled,
- un steadier,
- un steadiest,
- un steady,
- un-settled,
- un-steadier,
- un-steadiest,
- un-steady,
- unsteadiest.
- good-humored
- happy
- humorous
- insubstantial
-
irrepressible
- irrepressible,
- unquenchable,
- unstoppable,
- Insuppressible,
- Rhapsodical,
- Unrestrainable,
- uncontainable,
- in suppressible,
- in-suppressible,
- more insuppressible,
- more rhapsodical,
- more uncontainable,
- more unrestrainable,
- more unstoppable,
- most insuppressible,
- most rhapsodical,
- most uncontainable,
- most unrestrainable,
- most unstoppable,
- tumultous tumultuous,
- tumultous-tumultuous,
- tumultoustumultuous,
- un containable,
- un controllable,
- un manageable,
- un quenchable,
- un restrainable,
- un stoppable,
- un-containable,
- un-controllable,
- un-manageable,
- un-quenchable,
- un-restrainable,
- un-stoppable.
- irreverent
- loopy
- preposterous
-
rich
- canorous,
- De Luxe,
- propertied,
- silvery,
- upscale,
- uptown,
- well endowed,
- highly flavored,
- made of money,
- in clover,
- co pious,
- co-pious,
- de-luxe,
- filthy rich,
- full bodied,
- fullbodied,
- well provided for,
- high class,
- highclass,
- in dependent,
- in money,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in-dependent,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- made money,
- more canorous,
- more embellished,
- more propertied,
- more silvery,
- more slaying,
- more splitting,
- more sustaining,
- more uptown,
- more well endowed,
- more well-endowed,
- more wellendowed,
- most canorous,
- most embellished,
- most propertied,
- most silvery,
- most slaying,
- most splitting,
- most upscale,
- most uptown,
- most well endowed,
- most well-endowed,
- most wellendowed,
- re sonant,
- re-sonant,
- rolling in it,
- rolling it,
- up town,
- up-scale,
- up-town,
- well heeled,
- well off,
- well-endowed,
- wellendowed,
- wellheeled,
- welloff,
- worth a million,
- worth million.
- risible
- sprightly
- stupid
- tongue-in-cheek
- unwise
- uproarious
- wacky
- zany
- bizarre
- breezy
- comical
-
convivial
- clubby,
- festal,
- friendly,
- Conversible,
- backslapping,
- back slapping,
- back-slapping,
- clubbier,
- clubbiest,
- glad handering,
- glad-handering,
- gladhandering,
- more back slapping,
- more back-slapping,
- more backslapping,
- more conversible,
- more festal,
- more glad handering,
- more glad-handering,
- more gladhandering,
- more holiday,
- most back slapping,
- most back-slapping,
- most backslapping,
- most conversible,
- most festal,
- most glad handering,
- most glad-handering,
- most gladhandering,
- most holiday.
- droll
- effervescent
-
facetious
- facetious,
- flipper,
- irreverent,
- punning,
- salty,
- sportive,
- wry,
- not serious,
- putting one on,
- wisecracking,
- flippest,
- in decorous,
- in-decorous,
- more capering,
- more jesting,
- more punning,
- more wisecracking,
- most capering,
- most jesting,
- most punning,
- most sportive,
- most wisecracking,
- pulling leg,
- pulling one leg,
- pulling one's leg,
- pulling ones leg.
- festive
-
flimsy
- chiffon,
- house of cards,
- illogical,
- papery,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- unpersuasive,
- cut rate,
- Controvertible,
- ungrounded,
- lamest,
- cut-rate,
- cutrate,
- house cards,
- in adequate,
- in conceivable,
- in firm,
- in firmer,
- in firmest,
- in-adequate,
- in-conceivable,
- in-firmer,
- in-firmest,
- more chiffon,
- more controvertible,
- more cut rate,
- more cut-rate,
- more papery,
- more rinkydink,
- more ungrounded,
- more unpersuasive,
- most chiffon,
- most controvertible,
- most cut rate,
- most cutrate,
- most papery,
- most ungrounded,
- most unpersuasive,
- rinkydink,
- un grounded,
- un persuasive,
- un satisfactory,
- un sound,
- un sounder,
- un substantial,
- un-grounded,
- un-persuasive,
- un-satisfactory,
- un-sound,
- un-sounder,
- un-soundest,
- un-substantial.
- flippant
-
frivolous
- light-minded,
- shallow,
- shallower,
- light minded,
- lightminded,
- more light minded,
- more light-minded,
- more lightminded,
- more nonserious,
- most light minded,
- most light-minded,
- most lightminded,
- most nonserious,
- non serious,
- non-serious,
- nonserious,
- un profound,
- un profounder,
- un profoundest,
- un-profound,
- un-profounder,
- un-profoundest,
- unprofound,
- unprofounder,
- unprofoundest.
- frolicsome
- funny
- genial
- gossamer
- grotesque
- hilarious
- idiotic
- illuminated
-
irrational
- cockamamie,
- reasonless,
- unreasoning,
- off-the-wall,
- dis connected,
- dis jointed,
- dis-connected,
- dis-jointed,
- in valid,
- in-coherent,
- in-valid,
- more cockamamie,
- more off the wall,
- more off-the-wall,
- more reasonless,
- more unreasoning,
- most off the wall,
- most off-the-wall,
- most reasonless,
- most unreasoning,
- un reasoning,
- un thinking,
- un-reasoning,
- un-thinking.
- jaunty
- jolly
- laughable
- mawkish
-
merry
- rip-roaring,
- Rocking,
- Saturnalian,
- fun-loving,
- booner,
- boonest,
- fun loving,
- funloving,
- more fun loving,
- more fun-loving,
- more funloving,
- more rip roaring,
- more rip-roaring,
- more riproaring,
- more saturnalian,
- most fun loving,
- most fun-loving,
- most funloving,
- most grooving,
- most rip roaring,
- most rip-roaring,
- most riproaring,
- most saturnalian,
- rip roaring,
- riproaring.
- mindless
- playful
-
priceless
- collectible,
- without price,
- beyond price,
- in comparable,
- in estimable,
- in valuable,
- in-comparable,
- in-estimable,
- in-valuable,
- more cherished,
- more collectible,
- more out of bounds,
- more out of sight,
- more out-of-bounds,
- more out-of-sight,
- more prized,
- more rib tickling,
- more rib-tickling,
- more ribtickling,
- more treasured,
- most cherished,
- most collectible,
- most out of bounds,
- most out of sight,
- most out-of-bounds,
- most out-of-sight,
- most rib tickling,
- most rib-tickling,
- most ribtickling,
- most treasured,
- out-of-bounds,
- rib tickling,
- rib-tickling,
- ribtickling,
- worth a king's ransom,
- worth a kings ransom,
- worth its weight gold,
- worth king ransom,
- worth king's ransom,
- worth kings ransom.
- quaint
- rare
- rollicking
- sentimental
- silly
- slight
-
superficial
- Depthless,
- on the surface,
- flashest,
- more depthless,
- more quick fix,
- more quick-fix,
- more quickfix,
- more smattery,
- more warped,
- most depthless,
- most quick fix,
- most quick-fix,
- most quickfix,
- most smattery,
- most warped,
- on surface,
- one dimensional,
- onedimensional,
- quickfix,
- shoaler,
- shoalest,
- skin deep,
- skindeep,
- smattery,
- sur face,
- sur-face,
- tip iceberg,
- tip of iceberg,
- tip of the iceberg,
- tip the iceberg,
- un critical,
- un-critical.
- trivial
- unreasonable
- ridiculous, senseless
- all
- entertaining, funny
- strange, wild
-
comic/comical
- ironic,
- ludicrous,
- Gelastic,
- Gump,
- schtick,
- fooler,
- foolest,
- foolheaded,
- goofus,
- gumper,
- gumpest,
- horse tail,
- horse's tail,
- horses tail,
- more foolheaded,
- more gelastic,
- more goofus,
- more ironic,
- more joshing,
- more side splitting,
- more side-splitting,
- most comic,
- most foolheaded,
- most gelastic,
- most goofus,
- most side splitting,
- most side-splitting,
- schticker,
- schtickest,
- side splitting,
- side-splitting.
- easy, lighthearted
- chance, random
- immature, silly
- fun-loving
- unrealistic, fantastic
- flighty, scatterbrained
- amusing, farcical
- fizzing, foaming
- amusing, pleasing
- indulgent, wasteful
- imaginary, romantic
- strange, different; imaginary
- decorated, celebratory
-
dainty, delicate; sheer
- fine.
- not strong; light, thin
- nonsensical, idiotic
- trivial, silly
- comical, humorous
- extremely nice and happy
- silly, impulsive
- funny, happy
- childish
- ugly, misshapen
- in high spirits; satisfied
- funny, comical
- weak, imaginary
- illogical, senseless
- laughing, joyful
- sentimental, emotional
- very happy; festive
- jocular/jocose/jocund
- ridiculous, bizarre
- precious, irreplaceable
- strange, odd
-
precious, excellent
- rare.
-
having a lot of money
- rich.
- stupid, funny
- fun-loving, lively
- foolish, sentimental
- emotional, romantic
-
crucial, weighty
- calm,
- easy,
- facile,
- friendly,
- insignificant,
- little,
- meaningless,
- small,
- worthless.
- somber, humorless
-
minor; flanking
- side.
- absurd, giddy, foolish
- thin, small in build
- fun, vivacious
- not intelligent; irresponsible
- without depth, detail
- of no real worth, value
- not logical or sensible
- stupid, irresponsible
- acting crazy
- playful, fanciful
-
Other relevant words
- mocking,
- smart aleck,
- teasing,
- advantageous,
- asinine,
- balmy,
- beneficial,
- brainless,
- cockeyed,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- daft,
- dotty,
- fatuous,
- foolish,
- good,
- half-witted,
- harmless,
- hilarious,
- innocent,
- innocuous,
- insane,
- jerky,
- jesting,
- joking,
- kooky,
- lite,
- little,
- loony,
- lunatic,
- mad,
- minor,
- noncritical,
- noncrucial,
- nonintellectual,
- nonsensical,
- nutty,
- safe,
- sappy,
- screwball,
- senseless,
- small,
- unthreatening,
- unwise,
- uproarious,
- wacky,
- witless,
- zany,
- Weak-minded,
- Daffy,
- nonhazardous,
- unserious.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
getting way
- Antonyms:
- approve, begin, go.
