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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

the solemnities of the Easter vigil service

Synonyms of solemnity

ceremonial, ceremony, form, formality, observance, rite, ritual

Words Related to solemnity

amenities, civility, decorum, etiquette, graces, proprieties

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

celebration, service

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