Synonyms of gravity

gravity

noun

ˈgra-və-tē 

as in intentness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling

the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gravity

One final research experiment will take place upon landing, as the crew will forgo the typical medical and mobility assistance normally utilized by astronauts following spaceflight while their bodies reacclimate to gravity. —Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026

They’re also transported to outer space and explore various planets, like a fiery volcano world, an underwater planet and a techno-land with neon, gravity-defying obstacles. —Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026

Didymos is shaped like a spinning top and is believed to be a rubble pile asteroid — essentially a collection of dust and rocks loosely held together by gravity. —Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026

Then gravity reached up to the ceiling and pulled me down back into my seat. —Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026