serious: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 7 letter points · starts with S · ends with S
Meaning of serious
adj
Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition.
Example: deadly serious
Important; weighty; not insignificant.
Example: This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts.
Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving.
Example: After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention.
Committed.
Source: Wiktionary — serious.
adv
- colloquial, dialectal, not-comparable
seriously, in a serious manner (most often heard in take or mean serious)
Source: Wiktionary — serious.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for serious.
adjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
adjective
appealing to the mind
adjective
completely lacking in playfulness
- unplayful
- sober
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is serious in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of serious
S(1) + E(1) + R(1) + I(1) + O(1) + U(1) + S(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of serious
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from serious
67 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in serious. Showing up to 24, longest first.