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

So a black hole is basically a place where matter is so concentrated and gravity so intense that nothing can escape this sort of sacred boundary. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

What stayed with him was not just the gravity of their circumstances, but their refusal to be flattened by it. — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026

The animal-free circus show blends choreography with gravity-defying acrobatics on silks and hoops. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

The original impetus for quantum cosmology is to do with the fact that the Big Bang model is based on quantum matter, but classical gravity. — Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026