SERIOUSMINDEDNESSES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

serious-mindedness

noun

as in intentness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling she approached the task with her usual serious-mindedness

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Noun

As soon as the bubble moves, the machine is subject to gravity and flow.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
When two stars align almost perfectly from Earth’s perspective, the gravity of the nearer one bends and magnifies the light from the more distant star, acting like a cosmic magnifying glass.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 6 July 2026

Definition of gravity

Noun

The earnestness of this story just doesn’t work as well when everything is done in such blatantly artificial ways and for obvious pursuit of profit.

— Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Despite the seriocomic set-up, as Vibeke gets more unstable, Mengel refuses to play her irrationality for laughs, instead taking the more difficult route of earnestness.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026

Definition of earnestness

Noun

By May 2026, all 11 of xAI’s original cofounders had departed the company, a cascade that began in earnest in February when Tony Wu, described as one of the most operationally central cofounders, announced his resignation.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Modern viticulture began in earnest here in the 1970s before blossoming in the ’90s.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 June 2026

Definition of earnest

Noun

Critical infrastructure must assume persistent aerial observation as a baseline condition of operations, and operators must rehearse drone incidents with the same seriousness as cyberattacks or active shooter scenarios.

— Bill Edwards, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Far from being disengaged from the city’s fiscal challenges, residents demonstrated a clear understanding of the seriousness of this issue to the future of Chicago.

— Karen Freeman-Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

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