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serious
Overview of adj serious
The adj serious has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (29) serious -- (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!")
2. (10) serious -- (of great consequence; "marriage is a serious matter")
3. (4) dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening -- (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")
4. (3) good, serious -- (appealing to the mind; "good music"; "a serious book")
5. unplayful, serious, sober -- (completely lacking in playfulness)
6. serious -- (requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw")
Grep of noun serious
serious-mindedness
serious music
seriousness
Antonyms of adj serious
6 senses of serious
Sense 1
serious (vs. frivolous)
frivolous (vs. serious)
=> airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
=> flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained
=> flippant, light-minded
=> idle, light
=> light
=> trivial
Sense 2
serious
INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant
Sense 3
dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> noncritical, noncrucial
Sense 4
good, serious
INDIRECT (VIA intellectual) -> nonintellectual
Sense 5
unplayful (vs. playful), serious, sober
Sense 6
serious
INDIRECT (VIA difficult) -> easy
Similarity of adj serious
6 senses of serious
Sense 1
serious (vs. frivolous)
=> earnest, sincere, solemn
=> grave, sedate, sober, solemn
=> overserious
=> real
=> thoughtful, serious-minded
=> sobering
=> solid
Sense 2
serious
=> important (vs. unimportant), of import
Sense 3
dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
=> critical (vs. noncritical)
Sense 4
good, serious
=> intellectual (vs. nonintellectual)
Sense 5
unplayful (vs. playful), serious, sober
Sense 6
serious
=> difficult (vs. easy), hard
Pertainyms of adj serious
Attributes of adj serious
2 of 6 senses of serious
Sense 1
serious (vs. frivolous)
=> seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity
Sense 5
unplayful (vs. playful), serious, sober
=> playfulness, fun
Domain of adj serious
Domain Terms of adj serious
Familiarity of adj serious
serious used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =6)
Grep of adj serious
overserious
serious
serious-minded
Grep of adv serious
seriously
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