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solemnity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of solemnity

1 a mental state free of jesting or trifling
  • The coronation ceremony requires absolute solemnity.
Synonyms of solemnity

earnest, earnestness, graveness, gravity, intentness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, soberness, sobriety, solemnness, staidness
Words Related to solemnity

gravitas, humorlessness

decisiveness, deliberation, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolve

absorption, attentiveness, concentration, engrossment, enthrallment, immersion, intensity
Near Antonyms of solemnity

lightness, shallowness, superficiality

dalliance, dilettantism

cheerfulness, gaiety (also gayety), glee, high-spiritedness, merriment, mirth
Antonyms of solemnity

facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, play, unseriousness
2 an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules
  • Elaborate solemnities marked the 100th anniversary of the event.
Synonyms of solemnity

ceremonial, ceremony, form, formality, observance, rite, ritual
Words Related to solemnity

amenities, civility, decorum, etiquette, graces, proprieties

protocol

convention, custom, habit, manners, mores, practice (also practise), standard, tradition, way

celebration, service

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