Thesaurus
solemnity
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SOLEMNITY
1
a mental state free of jesting or trifling <the coronation ceremony requires absolute solemnity>
Synonyms earnest, graveness, gravity, intentness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, soberness, sobriety, solemnity, solemnness, staidness
Related Words gravitas, humorlessness; decisiveness, deliberation, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolve; absorption, attentiveness, concentration, engrossment, enthrallment, immersion, intensity
Near Antonyms lightness, shallowness, superficiality; dalliance, dilettantism; cheerfulness, gaiety (also gayety), glee, high-spiritedness, merriment, mirth
Antonyms 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>
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