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
• gayety
• glee
• merriment
• high-spiritedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gravity

This is not so easy when something that’s been in orbit for years heeds the call of Earth’s gravity. —Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025

Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Leave behind the shackles of gravity and establish your dominance on a whole new frontier by achieving the Science Victory in Civilization 7. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025

The cars are powered by gravity down a steep 3-lane track. —News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025

Well, in the high-dollar world of horology, a tourbillon is a mechanism that counters the effects of Earth's gravity on a watch's accuracy. —New Atlas, 31 Jan. 2025