Synonyms for grave
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Serious — characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness
serious, solemn, grievous, weighty, somber US, sombre UK, sober, severe, sepulchral, sedate, earnest, thoughtful, dangerous, dignified, life-threatening, low, demure, staid, stern, pensive, austere, venerable, saturnine
2. Heavy — serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable
heavy, important, critical, momentous, capital, fateful, vital, crucial, consequential, pivotal
3. Oracular — influential, important; authoritative
Noun
2. Tomb
tomb, burial chamber, sepulchre UK, sepulcher US, ossuary, long home formal, narrow house formal, sepulture rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness.
- adj. 2
Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
- n. 1
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
- n. 2
Any place of interment.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- graves → lots, plots, tombs, sepulchres…
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Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- serious Loss of health is more serious than loss of money.
- solemn Ziri and Rima shook hands and swore a solemn oath.
- somber We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.
- capital All countries have their embassies in the capital.
By length
- 3 letters
- lot1, low1, pit1
- 4 letters
- plot1, bass1, tomb1
- 5 letters
- heavy2, vital2, sober2, stern1, staid1
- 6 letters
- severe2, urgent2, solemn2, barrow2, somber2, sombre, sedate2, demure2
- 7 letters
- serious3, capital3, crucial2, earnest2, pivotal3, fateful2, austere2, weighty2, pensive2, tumulus, ossuary
- 8 letters
- critical3, sterling2, pressing2, grievous2, oracular
- 9 letters
- important3, dangerous3, dignified3, venerable4, momentous3, masterful3, sepulchre, sepulcher, saturnine, sepulture
- 10 letters
- thoughtful2, sepulchral
- 11 letters
- magisterial5
- 13 letters
- authoritative5, consequential4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).