serious
serious is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. Beaconsfield.
- 2.Important; weighty; not trifling; grave. The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world. Young.
- 3.Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury. See Grave. -- Se"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Se"ri*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- blanket
- book
- boring
- caught
- cold
- commonplace
- conte
- damp
- deadly
- dearth
- depress
- ditch
- dry
- dull
- dullness
- dust
- ear
- fact
- fall
- flat
- flatness
- heaviness
- heavy
- humdrum
- importance
- infestivity
- insipid
- insulse
- joke
- lay
- logy
- matter
- melancholic
- monotonous
- napping
- non
- originality
- pedestrian
- platitude
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is serious.
- What is really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. Beaconsfield called?
- What is important; weighty; not trifling; grave. The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world. Young called?
- What is hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury. See Grave. -- Se"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Se"ri*ous*ness, n called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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