What is another word for severity?
660 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ səvˈɛɹɪti], [ səvˈɛɹɪti], [ s_ə_v_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for severity:- asceticism (noun)
- austerity (noun)
- badness (noun)
- classicism (noun)
- cruelty (noun)
- degree (noun)
- dictatorship (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- fastidiousness (noun)
- ferociousness (noun)
- fury (noun)
- gravity (noun)
- grimness (noun)
- hardship (noun)
- harshness (noun)
- intensity (noun)
- irateness (noun)
- oppression (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- painfulness (noun)
- rigor (noun)
- rigorousness (noun)
- roughness (noun)
- severity (noun)
- simplicity (noun)
- tyranny (noun)
- other synonyms
- austerity
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Severity:
n.
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- depth,
- big,
- pitch,
- unsightliness,
- ugliness,
- plainness,
- unattractiveness,
- violence,
- strong.
- abstinence,
- abstemiousness,
- asceticism,
- stoicism,
- parsimony,
- celibacy,
- repentance,
- teetotalism,
- miserliness.
- class,
- elegance,
- dignity,
- clarity,
- grandeur,
- excellence,
- rhythm,
- hellenism,
- propriety,
- objectivity,
- sobriety,
- proportion,
- finish,
- lucidity,
- Atticism,
- Ciceronianism,
- balance,
- refinement,
- majesty,
- polish,
- symmetry.
- despotism,
- coarseness,
- coldness,
- masochism,
- barbarism,
- malice,
- rancor,
- depravity,
- viciousness,
- animality,
- bestiality,
- insensibility,
- persecution,
- sadism,
- truculence,
- barbarity,
- venom,
- wickedness,
- malignity,
- torture.
- link,
- length,
- rung,
- stage,
- reach,
- scale,
- stairs,
- standard,
- interval,
- scope,
- amplitude,
- limit,
- point,
- strength,
- tier,
- extent,
- grade,
- range,
- plane,
- notch,
- ratio,
- caliber,
- stair,
- dimension,
- rate,
- line,
- stint,
- amount,
- step,
- division,
- gradation,
- quantity,
- expanse,
- mark,
- size,
- tenor,
- height,
- shade,
- space,
- period,
- quality,
- gauge,
- term.
- hardness,
- cumbersomeness,
- difficulty,
- strenuousness,
- complexity,
- onerousness,
- toughness,
- formidability,
- ticklishness,
- adversity,
- contrariness,
- knottiness,
- tightness,
- trickiness,
- cantankerousness,
- complication,
- stressfulness,
- wearisomeness,
- ordeal,
- wearying.
- diligence,
- fussiness,
- carefulness,
- conscientiousness,
- persnicketiness,
- properness,
- fastidiousness,
- flawlessness,
- accuracy,
- criticalness,
- literalism,
- prudishness,
- daintiness,
- exactingness,
- particularity,
- delicacy,
- discrimination,
- priggishness.
- furor,
- fire,
- force,
- might,
- asperity,
- ire,
- power,
- frenzy,
- turbulence,
- acrimony,
- energy,
- indignation,
- passion,
- rage,
- sore,
- conniption,
- stew,
- flare-up,
- madness,
- rise.
- concentration,
- earnestness,
- deepness,
- ardor,
- excess,
- emotion,
- potency,
- excitement,
- magnitude,
- ferment,
- strain,
- keenness,
- emphasis,
- extreme,
- vigor,
- volume,
- anxiety,
- nervousness,
- fanaticism,
- fervor,
- tension.
- dictatorship,
- calamity,
- Forcibleness,
- compulsion,
- tyrrany,
- Overthrowing,
- control,
- martial law,
- torment,
- conquering,
- injury,
- suffering,
- abuse,
- autocracy,
- Subduing,
- coercion,
- injustice,
- iron hand,
- subjection,
- maltreatment,
- domination,
- fascism.
- callousness,
- impetuosity,
- spitefulness,
- brutishness,
- primitiveness,
- ferocity,
- urgency,
- meticulousness,
- visitation,
- Solemnness,
- slow burn,
- pure taste,
- conventional formality,
- preciseness,
- rigor,
- ferocities,
- aesthetic principle,
- neoclassicism,
- graveness,
- staidness,
- fury,
- purity,
- savageness,
- high pitch,
- formal style,
- mercilessness,
- spareness,
- punctiliousness,
- sublimity,
- rationalism,
- Hard-heartedness,
- formality,
- conventionalism,
- roughness,
- classicism,
- boiling point,
- dourness,
- inhumanity,
- Classicalism,
- fervency,
- sores,
- ferociousness,
- Intenseness,
- tenseness,
- sedateness,
- intensity,
- unkindness,
- grand style,
- obduracy,
- irateness,
- fiendishness,
- traditionalism,
- murderousness,
- unadornment,
- oppression,
- starkness,
- wrathfulness,
- heartlessness,
- rusticism,
- high art,
- tempestuousness,
- savagery,
- bloodthirstiness,
- Sublimities,
- fierceness,
- momentousness,
- wildness,
- acuteness,
- Vehemency,
- truculency,
- austerity,
- ruthlessness,
- forcefulness,
- gravity,
- perilousness,
- nobility,
- flare up,
- cruelty,
- Rabidity,
- hardheartedness,
- inclemency,
- Spartanism,
- conventionalisms,
- severity,
- weightiness,
- unfeelingness,
- spite,
- insensitiveness,
- Inclemencies,
- aesthetic principles,
- hazardousness,
- Rampancy,
- baldness.
- irritation,
- arduousness,
- bitterness,
- painfulness,
- aggravation,
- odiousness,
- uncomfortableness,
- distressfulness,
- hurtfulness,
- ache,
- anguish,
- misery,
- soreness,
- unpleasantness,
- annoyingness,
- agony,
- grievousness,
- irksomeness,
- offensiveness,
- woefulness.
- astringency,
- bleakness,
- authoritarianism,
- acerbity,
- chilliness,
- bluntness,
- sharpness,
- coolness,
- leanness,
- discipline,
- sternness,
- frostiness,
- briskness,
- correctness,
- causticity,
- matter-of-factness,
- abruptness,
- oppressiveness,
- crispness,
- dryness,
- strictness.
Other synonyms:
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- Hauteur.
- homespun,
- awfully,
- shock,
- cleanness,
- boss,
- Shog,
- degree,
- cogency,
- spasm,
- mischievously,
- convulsion,
- cool,
- dreadfully,
- frankness,
- dangerous,
- stiffness,
- validity,
- immediacy,
- take the lead,
- stringent,
- nippiness,
- terrorism,
- brutality,
- correct,
- aggressiveness,
- obdurateness,
- insensitivity,
- wrongly,
- dominate,
- clumsiness,
- literalness,
- employ,
- prosiness,
- piquancy,
- faithfulness,
- heavily,
- acuity,
- brashness,
- freezing point,
- punctilio,
- low temperature,
- severeness,
- unhealthy,
- acidity,
- moroseness,
- pitilessness,
- directness,
- right,
- mischievousness,
- defectively,
- destructiveness,
- household words,
- keep under,
- meanness,
- bite,
- constraint,
- severe,
- faultlessness,
- singleness,
- grievous,
- punitiveness,
- hold one's own,
- plain words,
- uniformity,
- servitude,
- surliness,
- severely,
- weight,
- orgasm,
- acidulousness,
- gracelessness,
- Flintiness,
- hysterics,
- mordancy,
- rule the roost,
- overrule,
- fineness,
- fierce,
- mordacity,
- abrasiveness,
- grip,
- plain speech,
- modesty,
- poorly,
- malevolence,
- vital,
- vigour,
- shortness,
- grim,
- hardly,
- hatefulness,
- unsophistication,
- urgent,
- straightforwardness,
- cryogenics,
- Crustiness,
- naughtiness,
- Clientship,
- fidelity,
- homogeneity,
- trial,
- chronic,
- Tendence,
- precision,
- exactness,
- poignancy,
- subtlety,
- outrage,
- terrible,
- nip,
- coup de main,
- Bearishness,
- perfection,
- intense,
- ugly,
- inflexibility,
- rigid,
- sting,
- literality,
- service,
- brute force,
- attention to fact,
- monism,
- bad weather,
- callosity,
- pungency,
- awkward,
- aphrodisia,
- wickedly,
- atrocity,
- Servitorship,
- Acritude,
- harsh,
- inhospitableness,
- furiousness,
- highly,
- soberness,
- restraint,
- naughtily,
- unaffectedness,
- edge,
- naturalness,
- fundamentality,
- sarcasm,
- boorishness,
- bloodlust,
- candour,
- Elementarity,
- Abusiveness,
- dire,
- redoubtable,
- Rawness,
- preponderate,
- inclementness,
- critical,
- vandalism,
- demandingness,
- bitingness,
- gelidity,
- evil,
- textualism,
- care for truth,
- yoke,
- cold,
- steepness,
- oneness,
- exasperation,
- tartness,
- prosaicness,
- rigourousness,
- grisly,
- vernacular,
- importance,
- stridency,
- crudeness,
- submission,
- nasty,
- drastic,
- exactitude,
- difficult,
- ill temper,
- brusquerie,
- Ungentleness,
- integrity,
- liability,
- obedience,
- austereness,
- Algidity,
- virulence,
- absolute zero,
- desperately,
- firmness,
- faultily,
- improperly,
- nastiness,
- viciously,
- climax,
- burdensomeness,
- sourness,
- mightiness,
- chill,
- stern,
- Churlishness,
- throe,
- rugged,
- beastliness,
- bother,
- fatal,
- seriously,
- unity,
- teeth,
- scratchiness,
- rightness,
- openness,
- profound,
- rigours,
- tutelage,
- freshness,
- sparseness,
- acridity,
- gruesomeness,
- ruggedness,
- monasticism,
- inexorableness,
- candor,
- serious,
- nicety,
- cruel,
- mindlessness,
- strict,
- cold-bloodedness,
- override,
- regimentation,
- injuriously,
- curtness,
- ghastliness,
- rigidness,
- meanly,
- simpleness,
- vicious,
- overawe,
- absoluteness,
- paroxysm,
- play first fiddle,
- violent,
- badly,
- punishment,
- subtle,
- fit,
- storminess,
- austere,
- common speech,
- bad,
- lord it over,
- bitter,
- Rigorism,
- dangerousness,
- trenchancy,
- awkwardness,
- corruptly,
- iciness,
- exacerbation,
- inexorability,
- luridness,
- rigour,
- arrogance,
- solemn,
- relentlessness.
Paraphrases for Severity:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
gravity.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
acuity, rigidity, sensitivity, scale, brightness, dangerousness, firmness, inflexibility, brutality, urgency, materiality, intensification.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
seriousness, thoroughness.
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Noun, singular or mass
intensity, strictness, stringency, seriousness, acuteness, magnitude, extent, enormity, severe, toughness, cruelty, hardness, rigor, austerity, earnestness, importance, virulence, degree, significance, depth, solemnity, thoroughness, breadth, grave, strength, scope.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Severity:
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n.
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austerity
elaborateness, luxuriousness.
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cruelty
consideration, feeling, compassion, charity, niceness, gentility, thoughtfulness, mercy.
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gravity
levity, silliness, unimportance, frivolity, Inconsequentiality.
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intensity
inactivity, lethargy, dullness, laziness, moderation, apathy.
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rigor
ease, leniency, elasticity.
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Other antonyms:
patience, laxness, willingness, pliability, responsiveness, softness, smoothness, good nature, tolerance, courtesy, amiability, compliance, indulgence, pliancy, flexibility.
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austerity
Homophones for Severity:
- spread out, ship route, sprite, savoyard, sprat, saber-toothed, severed, sabre-toothed, superiority, shepard, spirited, sprouted, soubrette, sick berth, sabertooth, spurt, sheep rot, seaboard, safe period, scabbard, Sauce Verte, sparta, separated, spheroid, sparidae, spirt, spread, siegfried, sobriety, spirit away, shipboard duty, shipboard, sport, sabertoothed, sprit, shepherd, sowbread, separate out, shipyard, sprout, sparid, subvert, sick parade, spread-out, shoebird, spread head, sea bird, suppurate, spearhead, subpart, spirit, soapwort, superhet, sybarite, supported, spreadhead, sporty, separate, Sephardi, support, schubert, seabird, seaport.