Thesaurus:serious

Thesaurus

serious

English

Adjective

Sense: without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition

Synonyms

• austere
• demure
• serious
• grave    [⇒ thesaurus]
• earnest
• grievous
• lack-laughter
• thoughtful    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sad    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
• sage    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
• saturnine
• sedate
• solemn
• solemncholy (jocular)
• sober    [⇒ thesaurus]
• somber
• sombre
• staid
• stern    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sweer (UK dialect)
• weightsome
• weighty (figurative)

Antonyms

• gaudy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• witty    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• abstinent
• ascetic
• ascetical
• calm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thoughtful    [⇒ thesaurus]
• humorless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stern    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:important
• Thesaurus:sullen

Further reading

• Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification

  Class V. Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers

  Division I. Individual Volition

  Section II. Prospective Volition

  2. Subservience to Ends

  1. Actual Subservience

  642. “importance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

• “serious” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.