seriousness

Meaning

The state or quality of being serious.

Opposite of

jocularity, levity, unseriousness

Synonyms

gravity

earnestness

solemnity

severity

sincerity

acuteness

earnest

soberness

importance

severeness

staidness

graveness

weightiness

sincereness

saturnineness

dignity

distressfulness

enormity

formality

momentousness

sedateness

serious-mindedness

saturninity

honesty

hugeness

immensity

import

concern

industriousness

intensity

interest

largeness

moderation

weight

notability

oneself

respectability

rigor

rigour

sanctity

good

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calmness

bigness

sharpness

significance

benefit

austerity

attention

sobriety

aggravation

Translations

sérieux

seriedad

Ernsthaftigkeit

serietà

Ernst

seriedade

ernst

serietat

gravité

gravedad

gravità

sincérité

seriositat

intérêt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪɹiəsnəs/

Etymology

From serious + -ness.