serious
Meaning of serious
adjective
- demanding or characterized by careful consideration or application.
marriage is a serious matter
we give serious consideration to safety recommendations
- acting or speaking sincerely and in earnest, rather than in a joking or half-hearted manner.
actors who are serious about their work
- significant or worrying because of possible danger or risk; not slight or negligible.
she escaped serious injury
- substantial in terms of size, number, or quality.
he suddenly had serious money to spend
late Middle English: from Old French serieux or late Latin seriosus, from Latin serius ‘earnest, serious’.
Information about serious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of serious
se-ri-ous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- serious is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
serious synonyms
Meaning dangerous:
dangerous, grave, grievous, severe
Meaning good:
Meaning unplayful:
Meaning (of an artist or artistic work) significantly original and influential:
Meaning sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy:
Meaning important; significant:
Meaning of great importance or significance, especially in having a bearing on future events:
Meaning of crucial importance:
Meaning of great seriousness and importance:
Meaning important, serious, or significant:
Meaning requiring immediate action or attention:
Meaning requiring quick or immediate action or attention:
Meaning decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something:
Meaning expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements:
Meaning absolutely necessary; essential:
Meaning making sure of avoiding potential danger, mishap, or harm; cautious:
Meaning having many details or facts; showing attention to detail:
Meaning extending far down from the top or surface:
Meaning (of a subject or idea) demanding deep study or thought:
Meaning serious, important, or worthwhile:
Meaning resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction:
Meaning free from pretence or deceit; proceeding from genuine feelings:
Meaning showing or characterized by complete sincerity and commitment:
Meaning truly what something is said to be; authentic:
Meaning pledged or bound to a certain course or policy; dedicated:
Meaning having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure:
Meaning admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering:
Meaning firmly determined to do something:
Meaning having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it:
Meaning (of something causing pain, danger, or other unwelcome consequences) severe or serious:
Meaning (of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree:
Meaning worrying or disturbing:
Meaning causing anxiety about actual or potential problems; alarming:
Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:
Meaning extremely bad or serious:
Meaning extremely serious or urgent:
Meaning very severe or serious:
Meaning full of danger or risk:
Meaning not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse:
Meaning full of danger or uncertainty; precarious:
Meaning notably large in size, amount, or extent:
Meaning fairly large:
Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:
Meaning large or important enough to be noticed:
Meaning considerable in size or quantity:
Meaning able to be endured:
Meaning treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination:
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
Meaning (of an amount, especially of money) considerable:
Meaning large and heavy:
Meaning (of a man) good-looking:
Meaning (especially of clothes or furnishings) providing physical ease and relaxation:
Meaning conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour:
Meaning worth the time, money, or effort spent; of value or importance:
Meaning enough or more than enough; plentiful:
Meaning existing in or yielding great quantities; abundant:
Meaning existing or available in large quantities; plentiful:
Meaning more formal or literary term for overabundant:
Meaning of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average:
Meaning of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity:
Meaning sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious:
Meaning (especially of something offered or discharged) very plentiful; abundant:
Meaning showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected:
Meaning having a visible mark or marking:
Meaning easily seen or noticed; clear or apparent:
Meaning satisfactory but not especially good:
Meaning plentiful:
serious antonyms
Meaning of little value or importance:
Meaning lacking in importance or significance:
Meaning existing or occurring at or on the surface:
Meaning not committed to a cause, activity, etc:
Meaning not showing a serious or respectful attitude:
Meaning lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance:
Meaning so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant:
Meaning (of an amount) very small or meagre:
Meaning unimportant or trivial:
Translation of serious
- French: grave, sérieux
- Portuguese: grave
- German: schwerwiegend, gewichtig, schwer, ernst, ernsthaft, seriös
- Spanish: grave, serio
- Italian: grave, serio
Words that rhyme with serious
aerobious, amphibious, anaerobious, antiscabious, dubious, helobious, hematobious, indubious, microbious, nonamphibious, rabious, rubious, scabious, stibious, superbious, superdubious, triphibious, undubious, Delicious, Procious, acinacious, ametoecious, androdioecious, andromonoecious, appendicious, artificious, astucious, atrocious, audacious, auspicious, autecious, autoecious, avaricious, bibacious, bodacious, boldacious, bowdacious, capacious, capricious, cilicious, coconscious, cogracious, conconscious, conscious, contumacious, curvacious, delicious, dicacious, diecious, dioecious
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