Synonyms of gravitas

gravitas

noun

as in gravity

formal a very serious quality or manner

The new leader has an air of gravitas that commands respect.

a comic actress who lacks the gravitas for dramatic roles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gravity
• earnestness
• seriousness
• intentness
• determination
• earnest
• solemnity
• attentiveness
• humorlessness
• resolve
• purposefulness
• deliberation
• soberness
• solemnness
• resoluteness
• decisiveness
• graveness
• staidness
• sobriety
• concentration
• intensity
• firmness
• serious-mindedness
• absorption
• immersion
• engrossment
• enthrallment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• levity
• lightness
• flippancy
• lightheartedness
• play
• frivolity
• facetiousness
• frivolousness
• flightiness
• superficiality
• shallowness
• unseriousness
• dalliance
• dilettantism
• mirth
• cheerfulness
• gaiety
• glee
• merriment
• gayety
• high-spiritedness