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Adjective
Example: “This is a serious problem.”
Synonyms: grave
Antonyms: funny
Noun
Example: “The accident caused emotional trauma.”
Synonyms: shock, injury
Antonyms: healing
Example: “Poverty is a serious problem.”
Synonyms: lack of money
Antonyms: wealth
Example: “The disease is serious.”
Synonyms: illness, sickness
Antonyms: health
Example: “The essay has a slow, ruminative style.”
Synonyms: reflective, contemplative
Antonyms: rash, unthinking
Adverb
Example: “He laughed derisively at the proposal.”
Synonyms: mockingly, scornfully
Antonyms: respectfully, seriously
Example: “The bridge had serious structural problems.”
Synonyms: architectural, framework-related
Antonyms: surface, cosmetic
Example: “The accident was a traumatic experience.”
Synonyms: disturbing, shocking
Antonyms: comforting, healing
Example: “She made a vow to keep trying.”
Synonyms: promise, pledge
Antonyms: break promise
Example: “Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease.”
Synonyms: TB
Example: “That was a silly mistake.”
Synonyms: foolish, funny
Antonyms: serious, wise
Example: “I bought a comic book for my brother.”
Synonyms: funny, cartoon story
Antonyms: serious
Example: “The offense was classified as a misdemeanor rather than a felony.”
Synonyms: minor offense, infraction
Antonyms: felony, major crime
Verb
Example: “The author interspersed humor with serious analysis.”
Synonyms: scatter among, alternate
Antonyms: separate, group together
Example: “Her apparent flightiness hid a sharp intelligence.”
Synonyms: frivolity, fickleness
Antonyms: seriousness, steadiness
Example: “The team performed inexcusably poorly.”
Synonyms: unforgivably, intolerably
Antonyms: acceptably, forgivably
Example: “The novel describes the struggle between good and evil.”
Synonyms: wicked, bad
Antonyms: good, kind
Example: “He told a joke that made everyone laugh.”
Synonyms: funny remark
Antonyms: serious statement
Example: “The weather got worse in the evening.”
Synonyms: more serious, inferior
Antonyms: better
Example: “The rollout went calamitously wrong due to a single unchecked assumption.”
Synonyms: disastrously
Antonyms: smoothly
Example: “Online impersonation can lead to serious fraud.”
Synonyms: identity spoofing
Example: “It was a gross misunderstanding.”
Synonyms: serious
Antonyms: minor
Example: “It was only a minor problem.”
Synonyms: small
Antonyms: major
Example: “The teacher gave a stern warning.”
Antonyms: gentle
Example: “The movie was funny.”
Synonyms: amusing
/ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/
Example: “We added safeguards to mitigate risk.”
Synonyms: palliate, extenuate
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