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
• high-spiritedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seriousness

Petersen also was struck by the seriousness of today’s youth. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

By early 2023, in response to these trends, NATO stepped up the seriousness and urgency of its discussions on Russian hybrid activity. — Julianne Smith, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026

Soldiers and family members have told The Associated Press of a failure to recognize the seriousness of injuries, a poor plan to get the wounded to hospitals and red tape that has hindered follow-up care. — Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Pratt said consecutive sentences were necessary to protect the public and punish Flynn, finding the harm caused by his crimes was so severe that a single prison term would not adequately reflect the seriousness of his conduct. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Soldiers and family members have told the Associated Press of a failure to recognize the seriousness of injuries, a poor plan to get the wounded to hospitals and red tape that has hindered follow-up care. — Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

The stranger watched it with deathly seriousness, forehead furrowed as if thinking through some impossible problem. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

The organizations that treat documentation with the same seriousness as the investigation itself can end up in a stronger position, whatever the outcome. — Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

A number of left-leaning academics criticized the book, too, questioning the seriousness of its scholarship and calling it oversimplified. — Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026