Synonyms of serious-mindedness

serious-mindedness

noun

as in intentness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling

she approached the task with her usual serious-mindedness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intentness
• gravity
• earnestness
• earnest
• seriousness
• decisiveness
• attentiveness
• solemnity
• solemnness
• intensity
• purposefulness
• soberness
• sobriety
• staidness
• graveness
• deliberation
• concentration
• determination
• absorption
• resolve
• immersion
• resoluteness
• gravitas
• humorlessness
• firmness
• engrossment
• enthrallment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• play
• lightness
• levity
• frivolity
• flippancy
• lightheartedness
• frivolousness
• facetiousness
• lightness
• flightiness
• superficiality
• shallowness
• unseriousness
• dilettantism
• dalliance
• cheerfulness
• mirth
• glee
• gayety
• gaiety
• merriment
• high-spiritedness