DICTOMETER

SERIOUS

(serious, grave, importante, pesado, serio, alvorlig, hard, oppriktig, seriøs, vanskelig, vektig, viktig)

1. Synonyms:
   • Serious
   Definitions:
   • concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
   Examples:
   • A serious student of history
   • A serious attempt to learn to ski
   • Gave me a serious look
   • A serious young man
   • Are you serious or joking?
   • Don't be so serious!
   Antonyms:
   • FRIVOLOUS
   • airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
   • flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained
   • flippant, light-minded
   • idle, light
   • light
   • trivial
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Serious
   Definitions:
   • of great consequence
   Examples:
   • Marriage is a serious matter
   Antonyms:
   • Unimportant
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Dangerous
   • Grave
   • Grievous
   • Serious
   • Severe
   • Life-threatening
   Definitions:
   • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
   Examples:
   • A dangerous operation
   • A grave situation
   • A grave illness
   • Grievous bodily harm
   • A serious wound
   • A serious turn of events
   • A severe case of pneumonia
   • A life-threatening disease
   Antonyms:
   • Noncritical
   • Noncrucial
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Good
   • Serious
   Definitions:
   • appealing to the mind
   Examples:
   • Good music
   • A serious book
   Antonyms:
   • Nonintellectual
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Unplayful
   • Serious
   • Sober
   Definitions:
   • completely lacking in playfulness
   Antonyms:
   • LAYFUL
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Serious
   Definitions:
   • requiring effort or concentration
   • complex and not easy to answer or solve
   Examples:
   • Raised serious objections to the proposal
   • The plan has a serious flaw
   Antonyms:
   • Easy