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.

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

Hyponym for Grave:

• n.

  • time
    demise, death, dying.

• v.

  • contact
    carve.