Definition for Grave:

• Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

Synonyms for Grave:

• adj.

  •bad (adjective)
  • painful.
  •big league (adjective)
  • strictly business.
  •critical (adjective)
  • risky,
  • pivotal,
  • high-priority.
  •deep (adjective)
  • baritone,
  • bass,
  • low-toned.
  •funereal (adjective)
  • funereal.
  •hellfire (adjective)
  • fire-and-brimstone.
  •important (adjective)
  • eminent,
  • salient,
  • considerable,
  • heavyweight,
  • notable,
  • high-powered,
  • distinguished,
  • noteworthy,
  • prominent,
  • of moment,
  • world-shaking,
  • big-wig,
  • influential,
  • crucial,
  • big-name.
  •learned (adjective)
  • philosophic.
  •ruminative (adjective)
  • ruminative.
  •serious (adjective)
  • no laughing matter,
  • somber,
  • unsmiling,
  • intense,
  • long-faced,
  • of consequence,
  • grim,
  • demure.
  •serious; gloomy (adjective)
  • meaningful,
  • leaden,
  • sad,
  • deadpan,
  • grim-faced,
  • dour,
  • ponderous,
  • quiet,
  • sage,
  • muted.
  •severe (adjective)
  • bad.
  •sobersided (adjective)
  • sobersided.

• n.

  •
  • bleak,
  • black,
  • dark,
  • brooding.
  •
  • sepulcher.
  •
  • fix,
  • impress.
  •
  • cemetery,
  • headstone.
  •
  • demise,
  • dying.
  •burial ground (noun)
  • boneyard.
  •burial place (noun)
  • place of interment,
  • final resting place,
  • six feet under,
  • permanent address,
  • last home,
  • mound.
  •death (noun)
  • eternal rest.
  •grave (noun)
  • grave accent,
  • dangerous,
  • severe,
  • of import.
  •hell (noun)
  • living hell.

• v.

  •contact (verb)
  • sculpture.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tumulus,
  • dolmen,
  • gross,
  • disturbing,
  • scalding,
  • apocalyptical,
  • sobering,
  • daunting,
  • cedilla,
  • nerve-wracking,
  • hellfire,
  • oppressive,
  • fatally,
  • dreadfully,
  • sublime,
  • graveyard,
  • towering,
  • circumflex,
  • keen,
  • catacomb,
  • apocalyptic,
  • diacritic,
  • cinerarium,
  • keenly,
  • desperate,
  • sepulture,
  • tombstone,
  • tilde,
  • severely,
  • dieresis,
  • dearly,
  • gravestone,
  • fervid,
  • disconcerting,
  • ultimate,
  • worrying,
  • distressing,
  • rigorous,
  • mausoleum,
  • graveside,
  • ferocious.
  •
  • direful,
  • unbearable,
  • venerable,
  • faint,
  • rigid,
  • fatal,
  • massive,
  • barrow,
  • dire,
  • sickening,
  • supreme,
  • baneful,
  • fraught,
  • terminal,
  • alarmist,
  • dull,
  • ominous,
  • frightening,
  • niggling,
  • badly.
  •
  • incise,
  • imprint,
  • sore,
  • proper,
  • portentous,
  • extreme,
  • unlucky,
  • stiff,
  • savage.
  •
  • awful,
  • full.
  •
  • plot.
  •
  • fateful.
  •
  • strong.
  •box
  • coffin.
  •engrave
  • inscribe,
  • crosshatch,
  • Enchase,
  • lithograph.
  •importunate
  • pressing.
  •insistent
  • urgent.
  •middle-aged
  • matronly.

Paraphrases for Grave:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    serious.
  • Proper noun, singular
    serious, tomb.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tomb.
  • Verb, past tense
    serious.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    serious.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    gravesite.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    profound, massive, dire, grim, huge, difficult, terrible, flagrant, life-threatening, far-reaching, formidable, harsh, alarming, devastating, thoroughgoing, daunting, extensive, aggravated, tough, mortuary, weighty, disturbing, intense, drastic, overwhelming, immense, crucial, bad, worst, blatant, aggravating, thorough, worrying, funeral, vast, heartfelt, very, precarious, onerous, disastrous, grand, perilous, tragic, funerary, worrisome, deep-seated, appalling, momentous, sharp, in-depth, adverse, catastrophic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Burials.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    coffin, casket.
  • Adverb
    grossly, adversely.
  • Verb, past tense
    reported, worsened, Warned, Suffered, Were, noted, Caused, said, Happened.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Has, urges, constitutes, encumbers, poses, works, Worries, covers, remains, goes.

• Other Related

  • Determiner
    severe.
  • Adjective
    deepest, severe, enormous, large, substantial, strong, dramatic, tremendous.
  • Proper noun, singular
    graves, severe, graveyard, cemetery.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    gravestone, severe, gravity, graveyard, seriousness, tombstone, cemetery, mausoleum, headstone, severity.

Antonyms for Grave:

• adj.

  • crucial, dangerous
    little, insignificant, small.
  • serious; gloomy
    excited, funny, ridiculous, frivolous, inconsequential, lively, happy, unimportant, agitated, silly, cheerful, boisterous.
  • Other antonyms:
    joking, harmless, kooky, innocuous, lite, piping, noncritical, noncrucial, kittenish, strident, dotty, unserious, crazy, wacky, senseless, hilarious, jesting, half-witted, acute, light, witless, sappy, slight, unthreatening, nonsensical, minor, uproarious, high-pitched, zany, foolish, squealing, mad, balmy, tinny, beneficial, Peeping, preposterous, lunatic, asinine, cockeyed, screwball, innocent, piercing, unwise, thin, safe, daft, loony, Weak-minded, nonhazardous, brainless, penetrating, fatuous, Daffy, sharp, good, cuckoo, nutty, trivial, insane, jerky, high, earsplitting, absurd, advantageous.

Hyponym for Grave:

• n.

  • time
    demise, death, dying.

• v.

  • contact
    carve.