Synonyms of gravitas

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gravitas

noun

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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