SERIOUSNESS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SERIOUSNESS?

Need another word that means the same as “seriousness”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “seriousness” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Seriousness” are: earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity, distressfulness, solemnity, graveness, gravity, gravitas, soberness, sobriety, sombreness, sternness, grimness, importance, significance, consequence, momentousness, moment, weightiness, weight, severity, severeness, acuteness, extremity, danger, dangerousness, perilousness, wholeheartedness, genuineness

Seriousness as a Noun

Definitions of "Seriousness" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “seriousness” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The trait of being serious.
• The quality of arousing fear or distress.
• The quality or state of being serious.
• An earnest and sincere feeling.
• The trait of being serious- Robert Rice.

Synonyms of "Seriousness" as a noun (29 Words)

acuteness	A sensitivity that is keen and highly developed. Dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell.
consequence	A result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. His decision had depressing consequences for business.
danger	A dangerous place. One of the trains involved passed a signal at danger.
dangerousness	The quality of not being safe.
distressfulness	The quality of arousing fear or distress.
earnestness	An earnest and sincere feeling. The deadly earnestness of the conversation.
extremity	An extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease. The peninsula s western extremity.
genuineness	The quality of truly being what something is said to be; authenticity. So many have been touched by her genuineness her indomitable spirit and her love.
graveness	Rock fragments and pebbles.
gravitas	Formality in bearing and appearance. A post for which he has the expertise and the gravitas.
gravity	The degree of intensity of gravity measured by acceleration. Crimes of the utmost gravity.
grimness	The quality of being ghastly.
importance	The quality of being important and worthy of note. The importance of a good education.
moment	A quantity that expresses the average or expected value of the first second third or fourth power of the deviation of each component of a frequency distribution from a given value typically mean or zero The first moment is the mean the second moment the variance the third moment the skew and the fourth moment the kurtosis. The issues were of little moment to the electorate.
momentousness	Utmost importance.
perilousness	The state of being dangerous.
serious-mindedness	The trait of being serious- Robert Rice.
severeness	Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.
severity	Something hard to endure. Sentences should reflect the severity of the crime.
significance	The extent to which a result deviates from that expected to arise simply from random variation or errors in sampling. The significance of a red traffic light.
sincerity	The quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical. They demanded some proof of my sincerity.
soberness	The quality of being staid or solemn. He leaves the festivities proclaiming his soberness.
sobriety	The quality of being staid or solemn. She speaks with such sobriety it s clear she speaks the truth.
solemnity	A solemn and dignified feeling. His ashes were laid to rest with great solemnity.
sombreness	A feeling of melancholy apprehension.
sternness	Uncompromising resolution. The sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable.
weight	A unit used to measure weight. His opinion carries great weight.
weightiness	The relative importance granted to something. The progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed.
wholeheartedness	Undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm.

Usage Examples of "Seriousness" as a noun

• He learned the seriousness of his illness.
• She replied with deadly seriousness.
• We are aware of the seriousness of the situation.
• A lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness.

Associations of "Seriousness" (30 Words)

asperity	Harshness of tone or manner. The asperity of northern winters.
commitment	An engagement by contract involving financial obligation. His business commitments took him to London.
devotion	Love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person or activity. She was the epitome of wifely devotion.
fidelity	The quality of being faithful. The 1949 recording provides reasonable fidelity.
formalism	A description of something in formal mathematical or logical terms. There is a formalism which expresses the idea of superposition.
hardness	The quality or condition of being hard. He assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness.
honesty	Referring to or using a way of charging for goods or services that relies on the customers to leave money in an unattended receptacle even though there is no one to collect their payments. There s a well stocked honesty bar which includes local wine.
inelasticity	The lack of elasticity.
inflexible	Resistant to being bent. An inflexible iron bar.
martinet	Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms. The woman in charge was a martinet who treated all those beneath her like children.
moral	Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour. Moral philosophers.
obduracy	Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
reliability	The quality of being dependable or reliable. The car s background gives me every confidence in its reliability.
rigid	(of a person or part of their body) stiff and unmoving, especially as a result of shock or fear. A rigid disciplinarian.
rigor	The quality of being valid and rigorous. The rigors of boot camp.
rigour	The quality of being extremely thorough and careful. The full rigour of the law.
severe	Severely simple. The house suffered severe damage.
severity	The fact or condition of being severe. She stared at me with mock severity.
sincere	Open and genuine; not deceitful. An entirely sincere and cruel tyrant.
sincerity	A quality of naturalness and simplicity. The sincerity of his beliefs is unquestionable.
solid	A substance or object that is solid rather than liquid or fluid. A solid voting bloc.
solidity	State of having the interior filled with matter. The sheer strength and solidity of Romanesque architecture.
stiff	In a stiff manner. A palace guardsman stiff as a poker.
stiffness	Inability to move easily and without pain. One flaw is the scholarly stiffness of the academics.
strict	Characterized by strictness severity or restraint. My father was very strict.
strictly	In a rigorous manner. We talked strictly business.
stringent	(of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting. Stringent safety measures.
unbending	Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances. His output is prodigious and springs from the unbending control he exercises over every aspect of his life.
uncompromising	Showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others, especially by changing one’s ways or opinions. His uncompromising stance on the issue.
wholehearted	With unconditional and enthusiastic devotion. Wholehearted commitment.