Synonyms of seriousness

seriousness

noun

as in intentness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling

we knew from the doctor's seriousness that she didn't have good news

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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