It's not serious, I don't bear him a grudge.
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Serious
//ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs//
Synonyms for "serious" (257 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (77)
demuredeplorabledetermineddevoteddevoutdignifieddourearnestelevatedexcogitatingexhaustiveexplosivefaithfulfatalfatefulfellferventfervidfieryflaming
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formalformidablefraught with dangerfrowningfullgenuinegrandgravegreatgrievousgrimgrim-facedgrim-visagedhardheartfeltheartyheatedheavyhighhonesthothot bloodedhot-bloodedhumorlessideativeimpassionedimposingin earnestinspiringintellectualintenseintentintent onintrospectiveirresistiblejeopardouslaboriouslife threateninglife-and-deathlife-or-deathloftylong facedlong-facedloyalmainmajestic
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (128)
majormaterialmaximummeanmeaningfulmeditatingmeditativemenacingmentalmightymoderatemomentousmovingmusefulmusingnastyno jokeno laughing matterno-nonsensenoble
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noeticobstinateon fireoperoseoverseriousparlouspassionatepensiveperfervidpericulousperilousperseveringpersistentplenarypoker-facedponderingportentouspowerfulprecariousprehensivepressingpurposefulrealred hotred-hotreflectingreflectiverelentlessresoluteresolvedruminantruminatingruminativeself-containedserious mindedserious-mindedseveresignificantsinceresingle mindedsingle-mindedsobersober-mindedsoberingsobersidedsolidsombersorespeculativespiritedstaidstatelysteadysternstone facedstone-facedstraightstraight facedstraight-facedstraightforwardstrenuousstrongsubduedsublimesubstantialtemperatetenaciousterriblethinkingthoughtthoughtfulthreateningtotaltoughuglyunamusingunfunnyunplayfulunsmilingurgentvehementviolentvitalwarmweightywhite hotwhite-hotwholeheartedwistfulzealous
Adjective(15 words)
How these synonyms differ
- earnest - 'Earnest' is seriousness rooted in sincerity, an earnest attempt might fail, but no one doubts the genuine effort behind it.
- grave - 'Grave' elevates seriousness to solemnity, a grave situation involves real peril or deep consequence. The word itself sounds heavy.
- solemn - 'Solemn' is seriousness made visible, a solemn expression, a solemn ceremony. It carries ritual weight and demands respectful silence.
- somber - 'Somber' blends seriousness with subdued emotion, a somber mood at a funeral, a somber assessment of the situation. There's sadness underneath.
- stern - 'Stern' is seriousness directed at others, a stern teacher, a stern warning. It implies disapproval and an expectation of compliance.
Related word relations
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5 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
204 translations across 63 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- ernstig adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- ernstig adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- ernstig adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σπουδαῖος adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- σπουδαῖος adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Arabic
4 entries- جَادّ adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- جَادّ adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- جَدِّيّ adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- جَدِّيّ adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Armenian
3 entries- լուրջ adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- լուրջ adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- լուրջ adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ciddi adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Bashkir
3 entries- етди adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- етди adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- етди adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Belarusian
3 entries- сур'ё́зны adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- сур'ё́зны adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- сур'ё́зны adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Bulgarian
4 entries- важен adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- сериозен adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- сериозен adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- сериозен adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Catalan
3 entries- seriós adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- seriós adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- seriós adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 嚴肅 /严肃 adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- 嚴重 /严重 adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- 嚴重 /严重 adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- 沉重 adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Czech
4 entries- seriózní adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- seriózní adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- seriózní adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- vážný adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Danish
1 entries- alvorlig adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Dutch
4 entries- ernstig adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- ernstig adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- serieus adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- serieus adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Esperanto
3 entries- grava adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- serioza adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- serioza adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Estonian
2 entries- tõsine adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- tõsine adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Faroese
1 entries- álvarsamur adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Finnish
4 entries- totinen adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- vakava adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- vakava adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- vakava adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
French
3 entries- sérieux adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- sérieux adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- sérieux adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Galician
4 entries- serio adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- serio adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- serio adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- serio adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Georgian
4 entries- მნიშვნელოვანი adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- საყურადღებო adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- სერიოზული adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- სერიოზული adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
German
4 entries- ernst adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- ernst adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- ernsthaft adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- ernsthaft adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Greek
3 entries- σοβαρός adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- σοβαρός adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- σοβαρός adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Hebrew
2 entries- רציני adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- רציני adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Hindi
1 entries- गंभीर adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Hungarian
4 entries- fontos adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- jelentős adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- komoly adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- komoly adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Icelandic
1 entries- alvarlegur adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Indonesian
1 entries- serius adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Irish
1 entries- dáiríre adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Italian
4 entries- critico adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- grave adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- serio adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- serio adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Japanese
4 entries- 本気 adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- 深刻 adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- 真剣 adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- 真剣 adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Kazakh
2 entries- байсалды adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- байыпты adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Khmer
1 entries- ដុនដាប adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Korean
4 entries- 심각한 adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- 심각한 adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- 엄숙(嚴肅)하다 adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- 진지(眞摯)하다 adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Ladino
3 entries- seriozo adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- seriozo adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- seriozo adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Latin
4 entries- gravis adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- sevērus adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- sonticus adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- sērius adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Latvian
3 entries- nopietns adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- nopietns adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- svarīgs adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Louisiana Creole
3 entries- sériyé adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- sériyé adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- sériyé adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Malay
1 entries- serius adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Māori
4 entries- motuhēhē adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- taimaha adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- taumaha adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- tūpoupou adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Norman
3 entries- séthieux adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- séthieux adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- séthieux adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Norwegian
2 entries- alvorlig adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- seriøs adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Occitan
3 entries- seriós adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- seriós adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- seriós adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آغر adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- دولك adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Persian
2 entries- جدی adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- جدی adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Plautdietsch
4 entries- ieeboa adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- iernst adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- iernst adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- schlemm adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Polish
2 entries- poważny adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- poważny adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Portuguese
3 entries- sério adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- sério adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- sério adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Romanian
1 entries- serios adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Russian
3 entries- серьёзный adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- серьёзный adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- серьёзный adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Samoan
1 entries- faigatā adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गुरु adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- hládan adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- vážan adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- znȁčājan adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- ȍzbīljan adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
Sicilian
4 entries- anestu adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- cuscinziusu adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- judizziusu adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- mprisiusu adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Spanish
3 entries- serio adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- serio adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- serio adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Swedish
4 entries- allvarlig adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- allvarsam adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- seriös adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- seriös adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Tagalog
1 entries- malma adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Tetum
1 entries- seriu adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Thai
4 entries- จริงจัง adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- จริงจัง adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
- ซีเรียส adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- ซีเรียส adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Tongan
1 entries- mahuʻinga adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Turkish
4 entries- ciddi adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- ciddi adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- salmaklı adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- salmaklı adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Ukrainian
3 entries- серйо́зний adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- серйо́зний adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- серйо́зний adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghiêm trọng adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
Welsh
3 entries- difrifol adj (without humor or expression of happiness)
- difrifol adj (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
- o ddifri' adj (really intending what is said; being in earnest)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
You are not excused from the responsibility for this serious situation.
Source: tatoeba (16685)
Let's have a serious talk about your future.
Source: tatoeba (17052)
I felt ill and was admitted to the hospital, but in the event, it was nothing serious.
Source: tatoeba (20292)
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