What is another word for serious?
1003 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈi͡əɹɪəs], [ sˈiəɹɪəs], [ s_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]
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Similar words for serious:
- acute (adjective)
- adult (adjective)
- austere (adjective)
- bad (adjective)
- big (adjective)
- big league (adjective)
- bound and determined (adjective)
- businesslike (adjective)
- composed (adjective)
- consequential (adjective)
- critical (adjective)
- crucial, weighty (adjective)
- dangerous (adjective)
- deadpan (adjective)
- decided (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- demure (adjective)
- determined (adjective)
- devout (adjective)
- enthusiastic (adjective)
- expressionless (adjective)
- fervent (adjective)
- fervent/fervid (adjective)
- funereal (adjective)
- grave (adjective)
- gross (adjective)
- hard (adjective)
- heavy (adjective)
- heavyweight (adjective)
- heightened (adjective)
- hell-bent (adjective)
- important (adjective)
- incurable (adjective)
- life-and-death (adjective)
- life-threatening (adjective)
- major (adjective)
- major-league (adjective)
- material (adjective)
- matter-of-fact (adjective)
- meaningful (adjective)
- memorable (adjective)
- no-nonsense (adjective)
- notable (adjective)
- noteworthy (adjective)
- onerous (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- pensive (adjective)
- pressing (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- resolute (adjective)
- ruminative (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- sedate (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- significant (adjective)
- sincere (adjective)
- sober (adjective)
- solid (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- somber, humorless (adjective)
- staid (adjective)
- studious (adjective)
- subdued (adjective)
- substantial (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- ugly (adjective)
- urgent (adjective)
- venerable (adjective)
- wholehearted (adjective)
- wholehearted/whole-hearted (adjective)
- capital (noun)
- earnest (noun)
- intellectual (noun)
- of import (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- overserious (noun)
- real (noun)
- sensible (noun)
- solemn (noun)
- unplayful (noun)
- intensified (verb)
- other synonyms
- stately
Synonyms for Serious:
adj.
• acute (adjective) • adult (adjective)- virile,
- developed,
- adult,
- mature,
- of age,
- nubile,
- reasonable,
- full-grown.
- in exorable,
- ex acting,
- ex-acting,
- in-exorable,
- un-relenting,
- un-feeling,
- forbidding,
- un relenting,
- formal,
- un feeling,
- in-flexible,
- in flexible,
- stern.
- more heavyduty,
- more heavy duty,
- more heavy-duty,
- most heavy duty,
- para-mount,
- para mount,
- powerful,
- most valuable,
- heavy duty,
- most heavyduty,
- most heavy-duty,
- more prominent,
- heavyduty.
- Soothed,
- sure of oneself,
- have one's act together,
- levelheaded,
- not turn a hair,
- keeping a stiff upper lip,
- Disimpassioned,
- keeping one's shirt on,
- cool as cucumber,
- at ease.
- out for blood,
- tough,
- formidable,
- strenuous,
- unamusing,
- sobering,
- momentous,
- fell,
- grievous,
- of consequence,
- menacing,
- fateful,
- smoking,
- meaning business,
- major,
- no joke,
- difficult,
- Operose,
- threatening,
- no laughing matter.
- more poker faced,
- more poker-faced,
- more straight-faced,
- more straightfaced,
- impassive,
- most straight-faced,
- more straight faced,
- most straightfaced,
- straightfaced,
- straight faced,
- poker faced,
- most poker-faced,
- most straight faced,
- most poker faced,
- un readable,
- un-readable.
- un-hesitating,
- un yielding,
- ironjawed,
- un wavering,
- most strong-minded,
- iron jawed,
- more iron jawed,
- un bending,
- most iron-jawed,
- more resolved,
- more strong minded,
- more strongminded,
- de-liberate,
- un-yielding,
- un-faltering,
- re-solved,
- more iron-jawed,
- de liberate,
- most iron jawed,
- strong minded,
- un faltering,
- most strongminded,
- most resolved,
- most strong minded,
- strongminded,
- un-bending,
- most ironjawed,
- re solved,
- iron-jawed,
- un-wavering,
- un hesitating,
- more strong-minded,
- more ironjawed.
- more unassertive,
- re-tiring,
- unassuming,
- most unassured,
- re tiring,
- un-assured,
- prudish,
- un assertive,
- strait laced,
- de mure,
- un-assertive,
- more unassured,
- un assured,
- un-assuming,
- un assuming,
- de-mure,
- most unassertive.
- un flinching,
- most hard as nails,
- more hard as nails,
- most hard-as-nails,
- un-flinching,
- stubborn,
- strongwilled,
- steadfast,
- on ice,
- strong willed,
- single minded,
- more hard-as-nails.
- more venerating,
- most revering,
- more adherent,
- most adoring,
- more adoring,
- most venerating,
- more revering,
- Revering,
- pietistic,
- holy,
- goody twoshoes,
- most adherent,
- most heart-and-soul,
- more heart-and-soul,
- most heart and soul,
- goodygoody,
- most worshiping,
- goody goody,
- more heart and soul,
- goody two shoes,
- more worshiping.
- un-mitigated,
- out rightest,
- egregious,
- un mitigated,
- in-ordinate,
- out right,
- out righter,
- un-qualified,
- out-righter,
- un qualified,
- out-right.
- ter,
- te,
- in tensive,
- in-tensive.
- make-or-break,
- dominant,
- eternal,
- epoch-making,
- sacred,
- special,
- major league,
- high-powered,
- landmark,
- mere,
- vital,
- especial,
- monumental,
- newsworthy,
- mattering much,
- of moment,
- salient,
- central,
- front and center,
- hot,
- distinguished,
- vitally,
- signal,
- big league,
- sacrosanct,
- cardinal,
- world-shaking,
- big-wig,
- focal,
- considerable,
- telling,
- fundamental,
- crucial,
- influential,
- all-consuming,
- historic,
- of note,
- earthshaking,
- valuable,
- importunate,
- noteworthy,
- prominent,
- eminent,
- of substance,
- key,
- big-name.
- out of time,
- inoperable,
- Remediless,
- uncorrectable,
- Immedicable,
- unrecoverable,
- nowhere to go,
- irrecoverable.
- vitally important,
- earth-shaking,
- of vital importance,
- life or death,
- life and death,
- earth-shattering,
- earthshattering.
- un impassioned,
- un-idealistic,
- matter-of-fact,
- un sentimental,
- most unidealistic,
- most unimpassioned,
- un-sentimental,
- un imaginative,
- un-impassioned,
- prosiest,
- most unsentimental,
- more unsentimental,
- un idealistic,
- un-imaginative,
- more unimpassioned,
- prosy,
- hard boiled,
- cold blooded,
- prosier,
- un affected,
- stoic,
- un varnished,
- un-varnished,
- more unidealistic.
- most surpassing,
- sur passing,
- extra-ordinary,
- red letter,
- more rubric,
- more surpassing,
- un forgettable,
- most rubric,
- topdrawer,
- doozie,
- most bodacious,
- more rememberable,
- most rememberable,
- sur-passing,
- more doozie,
- memorable,
- mindblowing,
- mind blowing,
- top-drawer,
- most doozie,
- A 1,
- redletter,
- un-forgettable,
- more bodacious.
- well known,
- more highprofile,
- highprofile,
- un-common,
- un commoner,
- more high-profile,
- more high profile,
- most highprofile,
- un commonest,
- more celebrious,
- more nameable,
- un common,
- most high-profile,
- nameable,
- wellknown,
- most celebrious,
- un usual,
- most nameable,
- most high profile,
- most distingue,
- more distingue,
- un-usual,
- un-commoner.
- under lined,
- more underlined,
- Ender,
- most underlined,
- endest,
- more stand out,
- more stand-out,
- under-lined,
- most stand-out,
- splashest,
- most stand out.
- most headache,
- most crushing,
- galling,
- over taxing,
- more overtaxing,
- most overtaxing,
- more crushing,
- more headache,
- most plodding,
- more embittering,
- over-powering,
- most embittering,
- more plodding,
- over powering,
- over-taxing.
- top drawer,
- onerous,
- blue chip,
- determined,
- life-and-death,
- hard,
- most reverend,
- thoughtful,
- overtaxing,
- significant,
- life-threatening,
- dead-level,
- sober,
- sincere,
- hard-as-nails,
- no fooling,
- philosophic,
- the end,
- hard as nails,
- dangerous,
- go great guns,
- gotta have,
- out and out,
- out of spirits,
- wholehearted,
- matriarchal,
- poker-faced,
- Undissembled,
- dying to,
- important,
- touch and go,
- Museful,
- upfront,
- businesslike,
- consequential,
- stand-out,
- sedate,
- unassured,
- laid back,
- ugly,
- never-failing,
- bodacious,
- unsentimental,
- nasty,
- demure,
- no-nonsense,
- austere,
- twenty-four carat,
- hotblooded,
- studious,
- pressing,
- splasher,
- something else,
- down in mouth,
- on up and up,
- depressive,
- Rememberable,
- substantial,
- up-front,
- pensive,
- heavy-duty,
- unidealistic,
- deep,
- super colossal,
- singleminded,
- staid,
- acute,
- hurry-up,
- matter of fact,
- Dead level,
- on line,
- cold sober,
- lost in thought,
- heat-on,
- straight-faced,
- falling all over oneself,
- bound and determined,
- devout,
- major-league,
- unassertive,
- material,
- heart-rending,
- high-profile,
- resolute,
- of great consequence,
- strong-minded,
- notable,
- hardboiled,
- solid,
- terrible,
- extra ordinary,
- Celebrious,
- subdued,
- bigtime,
- coldblooded,
- top-priority,
- urgent,
- meaningful,
- heart and soul,
- heart-and-soul,
- sure enough,
- patriarchal,
- on the line,
- profound,
- unimpassioned,
- nobody home,
- hopped up,
- heavy,
- composed,
- distingue,
- critical,
- set on,
- carrying a lot of weight,
- head ache,
- decided,
- incurable,
- pretensionless.
- with drawn,
- more ruminating,
- pondering,
- most ruminating,
- pre-occupied,
- more pondering,
- more reflecting,
- with-drawn,
- most reflecting,
- pre occupied,
- most pondering.
- most heat on,
- most hurry up,
- more claiming,
- most heat-on,
- more hurry up,
- more hurry-up,
- re quiring,
- most forcing,
- most hurryup,
- hurryup,
- more hurryup,
- more heaton,
- most constraining,
- most hurry-up,
- more heat-on,
- heat on,
- more forcing,
- more constraining,
- hurry up,
- most claiming,
- heaton,
- most heaton,
- re-quiring,
- more heat on.
- iron-willed,
- ruthless,
- relentless,
- persistent,
- implacable,
- unshakeable,
- tenacious,
- indefatigable,
- loyal,
- spunky,
- firm,
- zealous,
- uncompromising,
- bullheaded,
- tireless,
- indomitable,
- unyielding,
- steady,
- unflinching,
- decisive,
- dauntless,
- dead set on,
- courageous,
- intent,
- insistent,
- committed,
- resolved,
- headstrong,
- unchangeable,
- plucky,
- faithful,
- dedicated,
- reliable,
- dogged,
- diligent,
- devoted,
- fearless,
- inexorable,
- intent upon,
- set,
- unwavering,
- strong-willed,
- willing,
- staunch,
- true,
- unbending,
- deliberate,
- persevering,
- bold,
- steely,
- thorough,
- constant,
- hearty,
- valiant.
- up-setting,
- most discomposing,
- un-satisfactory,
- more dejecting,
- up setting,
- un happier,
- most heart-rending,
- un-happy,
- un happy,
- tearful,
- tearjerking,
- dis-composing,
- most saddening,
- un satisfactory,
- most dejecting,
- most heart rending,
- de pressing,
- tear jerking,
- sad,
- de-pressing,
- more heart rending,
- un happiest,
- heart rending,
- dis composing,
- more saddening,
- more heart-rending,
- more discomposing.
- more expressing,
- ex-pressing,
- carrying a lot weight,
- most meaning,
- de-noting,
- more meaning,
- carrying lot of weight,
- de noting,
- most denoting,
- carrying lot weight,
- re presentative,
- more denoting,
- ex pressing,
- most expressing,
- re-presentative.
- un-designing,
- more up-front,
- more up front,
- un-pretentious,
- more deadlevel,
- on and up,
- on level,
- out spoken,
- more undissembled,
- un designing,
- like is,
- more upfront,
- most up front,
- Undesigning,
- most upfront,
- more pretensionless,
- out-spoken,
- most pretensionless,
- most undissembled,
- on up up,
- more meant,
- most undesigning,
- un-dissembled,
- on up,
- most up-front,
- more dead-level,
- honest god,
- twentyfour carat,
- deadlevel,
- trueblue,
- pre tensionless,
- more dead level,
- most meant,
- twenty four carat,
- true-blue,
- most dead-level,
- un dissembled,
- most deadlevel,
- pre-tensionless,
- most dead level,
- more undesigning.
- most sourpuss,
- more depressive,
- somber,
- more hurting,
- most depressive,
- more sourpuss,
- most dragged,
- more dragged.
- honest,
- genuine,
- grim,
- meditative,
- pokerfaced,
- go for broke,
- bound,
- weighty,
- contemplative,
- unhumorous,
- reflective,
- long-faced,
- downbeat.
- un obtrusive,
- most moderated,
- down the mouth,
- more tempered,
- most muted,
- more softened,
- more moderated,
- down mouth,
- in obtrusive,
- most tempered,
- more chastened,
- tempered,
- more muted,
- un-obtrusive,
- in-obtrusive,
- out spirits,
- shaded,
- most softened,
- most chastened,
- sub missive.
- un-nerving,
- awe inspiring,
- most horrifying,
- un welcome,
- most unnerving,
- more horrifying,
- in-convenient,
- more unnerving,
- inconvenient,
- more dreaded,
- more petrifying,
- un-fortunate,
- beastliest,
- un nerving,
- most petrifying,
- un fortunate,
- unwelcome,
- un-welcome,
- beastlier,
- in convenient,
- aweinspiring,
- most dreaded.
- most reasoning,
- de-liberative,
- most museful,
- more reasoning,
- more museful,
- de liberative,
- lost thought.
- toppriority,
- more impelling,
- calledfor,
- re quired,
- most top priority,
- more demanded,
- more calledfor,
- most calledfor,
- most top-priority,
- more called for,
- more top priority,
- most impelling,
- most called-for,
- wanted,
- touch go,
- more top-priority,
- most toppriority,
- most demanded,
- most called for,
- more toppriority,
- more called-for,
- top priority,
- re-quired.
n.
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•
- cheat,
- dally with,
- go with,
- carry on,
- go together,
- cohabit,
- date,
- go out,
- fool around,
- court.
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- humorlessly,
- funereal.
- real.
v.
• intensified (verb)Other synonyms:
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•
- draconian,
- towering,
- disquieting,
- ultimate,
- dearly,
- involved,
- engaged,
- scalding,
- lighten up,
- suspicious,
- officious,
- rigorous,
- complicit,
- submerged,
- fatally,
- classical,
- sobersided,
- extravagant,
- stressful,
- fervid,
- ferocious,
- severely,
- gross,
- keenly,
- daunting,
- actively,
- stolid,
- disturbing,
- oppressive,
- frontal,
- keen,
- disconcerting,
- nerve-wracking,
- Nail Biting,
- dreadfully,
- desperate,
- distressing,
- worrisome,
- worrying,
- sublime,
- much,
- ominous.
-
•
- uphill,
- supreme,
- tall,
- far,
- alarmist,
- foreboding,
- rigid,
- frightening,
- spectacular,
- unbearable,
- tense,
- niggling,
- badly,
- unsettled,
- concerned,
- brooding,
- venerable,
- sharply,
- sickening,
- terminal,
- massive,
- fraught,
- dire,
- humorless,
- merciless,
- Searing,
- explosive,
- fatal,
- arduous.
-
•
- awful.
-
•
- seriously.
-
•
- strong.
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Equivalence
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Foreign word
severe.
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Adjective
dangerous, difficult, earnest, grave, grievous, major, serous, weighty, gravest, serious-minded.
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Verb, past tense
grave.
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Foreign word
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Independent
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Adjective
aggravated, aggravating, alarming, appalling, arduous, bitter, blatant, businesslike, careful, catastrophic, challenging, compelling, complicated, comprehensive, conspicuous, credible, crucial, damaging, damning, daunting, deadly, desperate, destructive, disastrous, distressing, dramatic, dreadful, earnestly, fierce, flagrant, grim, heinous, horrendous, immense, indictable, intense, large-scale, meticulous, negative, ominous, overwhelming, perilous, ponderous, potent, powerful, precarious, pressing, problematic, profound, prominent, proper, prudent, questionable, rampant, reliable, respectable, robust, rough, scrupulous, sensible, serial, significant, sizeable, sober, sobering, solemn, solid, sombre, sound, stark, stern, stiff, stringent, terrible, thoroughgoing, tough, tragic, true, unfortunate, urgent, utmost, vast, vicious, vigorous, violent, well-founded, widespread, worst, life-threatening, Business-like, high-profile, in-depth, -seriously.
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Proper noun, singular
significant, notices.
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Noun, plural
Felonies, Injuries, Ones, Crimes, levels, breaches, illnesses, consequences, problems, repercussions, LOWS.
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Interjection
really.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
adverse, authoritative, burdensome, conscientious, considerable, cumbersome, deep, devastating, dire, disturbing, drastic, egregious, enormous, extensive, far-reaching, formidable, fundamental, genuine, heavy-duty, honest, intensive, meaningful, momentous, onerous, outrageous, real, reputable, rigorous, seriously, severe, sincere, strenuous, strict, strong, thorough, thoughtful, tremendous, troubling, worrisome, worrying.
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Proper noun, singular
seriously, seriousness, severe.
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Noun, plural
proportions.
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Interjection
seriously.
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Adjective
Homophones for Serious:
- syracuse, saururaceae, seahorse, SIRC, sucrose, screechy, serous, scores, sewer gas, skreak, squark, screech, sage grouse, serosa, sewage works, sorus, sikorsky, scissors, screaky, sirius, siqueiros, sawhorse, shark, scrag, shire horse, seiurus, skreigh, siriasis, Skagerak, sugar cookie, secrecy, scrooge, sericeous, susurrous, scorch, Sirach, sea wrack, siracusa, sewerage, sea horse, shrike, sorgho, shirk, saururus, shrewish, saurosuchus, scourge, scours, shriek, susurrus, sourish, shiraz, sargasso, series, scissors kick, scherzo, squirearchy, scraggy, Showy Orchis, saccharose, Skagerrak, ski rack, shrug, ski race, shears, sorgo, sciurus, sarawak, scheuchzeriaceae, surcease, sack race, shag rug, seagrass, serax, saurischia, saragossa, screw jack, sayers, source, squaw grass, sirocco, scarce, sorex, surge, squarish, search, shakers, screw key, sucrase, siris, sazerac, saccharase, screak, skew arch, scorsese, SARS, serge, Sargasso Sea.
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