serious
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
a serious student of history
Related & opposite
- frivolous antonym
- serious-mindedness attribute
- serious-mindedness derivation
- earnest similar to
- grave similar to
- overserious similar to
- real similar to
- serious-minded similar to
- sobering similar to
- solid similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of great consequence
marriage is a serious matter
Related & opposite
- serious-mindedness derivation
- important similar to
Sense 3 adjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
a dangerous operation
Related & opposite
- dangerousness derivation
- severity derivation
- distressfulness derivation
- critical similar to
Sense 4 adjective
appealing to the mind
good music
Related & opposite
- goodness derivation
- intellectual similar to
Sense 5 adjective
completely lacking in playfulness
Related & opposite
- playful antonym
- playfulness attribute
- serious-mindedness derivation
- graveness derivation
Sense 6 adjective
requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
raised serious objections to the proposal
Related & opposite
- difficult similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | frivolous |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | serious-mindedness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | serious-mindedness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | earnest |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | grave |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | overserious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | real |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | serious-minded |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sobering |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | solid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | serious-mindedness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | important |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dangerousness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | severity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distressfulness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | critical |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | goodness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | intellectual |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | playful |
| 5 | attribute | Related & opposite | playfulness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | serious-mindedness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | graveness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | difficult |