'Serious' definitions:
Definition of 'serious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "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!" [ant: frivolous]
adjective
Of great consequence; "marriage is a serious matter"
adjective
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "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" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening]
adjective
Appealing to the mind; "good music"; "a serious book" [syn: good, serious]
adjective
adjective
Requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw"
Definition of 'Serious'
From: GCIDE
- Serious \Se"ri*ous\, a. [L. serius: cf. F. s['e]rieux, LL. seriosus.]
- 1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. [1913 Webster]
- He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave. [1913 Webster]
- The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See Grave. [1913 Webster] -- {Se"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Se"ri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'serious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- acute,
- afire,
- alarming,
- ardent,
- arduous,
- austere,
- awe-inspiring,
- bad,
- bound,
- bound and determined,
- burning,
- businesslike,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- committed,
- comprehensive,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- critical,
- crucial,
- dangerous,
- dangersome,
- decided,
- decisive,
- decorous,
- dedicated,
- deep,
- definite,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- demure,
- determined,
- devoted,
- devout,
- difficult,
- dignified,
- dour,
- earnest,
- elevated,
- excogitating,
- exhaustive,
- explosive,
- faithful,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- fell,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- formal,
- formidable,
- fraught with danger,
- frowning,
- full,
- genuine,
- grand,
- grave,
- great,
- grievous,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- hearty,
- heated,
- heavy,
- honest,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- humorless,
- ideative,
- impassioned,
- important,
- imposing,
- in earnest,
- inspiring,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- introspective,
- irresistible,
- jeopardous,
- laborious,
- life-and-death,
- life-or-death,
- lofty,
- long-faced,
- loyal,
- main,
- majestic,
- major,
- maximum,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- menacing,
- mental,
- mighty,
- moderate,
- momentous,
- moving,
- museful,
- musing,
- nasty,
- no joke,
- no laughing matter,
- no-nonsense,
- noble,
- noetic,
- obstinate,
- on fire,
- operose,
- parlous,
- passionate,
- pensive,
- perfervid,
- periculous,
- perilous,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- plenary,
- poker-faced,
- pondering,
- portentous,
- powerful,
- precarious,
- prehensive,
- pressing,
- purposeful,
- red-hot,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- sedate,
- serious-minded,
- severe,
- significant,
- sincere,
- single-minded,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- solemn,
- somber,
- speculative,
- spirited,
- staid,
- stately,
- steady,
- stern,
- stone-faced,
- straight-faced,
- straightforward,
- strenuous,
- strong,
- sublime,
- temperate,
- tenacious,
- thinking,
- thought,
- thoughtful,
- threatening,
- total,
- tough,
- ugly,
- unamusing,
- unfunny,
- unsmiling,
- urgent,
- vehement,
- vital,
- warm,
- weighty,
- white-hot,
- wholehearted,
- wistful,
- zealous