Synonyms for grave
ˈgrɑ veɪgrave

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1. grave

   Synonyms:
   sad, serious, momentous, weighty, pressing, sedate, demure, thoughtful, sober, sombre, solemn, important, aggravated, heavy, cogent

   Antonyms:
   joyous, merry, facetious, unimportant, ridiculous, trivial, light, frivolous, futile

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1. gravenoun

   death of a person

   "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"

   Synonyms:
   grave accent, tomb

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, frivolous, noncritical, unimportant

2. grave, tombnoun

   a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

   "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

   Synonyms:
   grave accent, tomb

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, frivolous, noncritical, unimportant

3. grave accent, graveadjective

   a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

   Synonyms:
   grave accent, tomb

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, noncritical, frivolous, noncrucial

4. grave, sedate, sober, solemnadjective

   dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

   "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

   Synonyms:
   severe, sober, serious, somber, earnest, sincere, dangerous, staid, unplayful, weighty, grievous, drab, sedate, life-threatening, solemn, heavy, sombre

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, noncritical, unimportant, frivolous

5. dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threateningadjective

   causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

   "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

   Synonyms:
   severe, sober, serious, wicked, stark, unsafe, terrible, hard, spartan, stern, heavy, unplayful, weighty, monstrous, good, grievous, atrocious, sedate, flagitious, life-threatening, dangerous, knockout, austere, heartbreaking, heartrending, solemn

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, unimportant, frivolous, noncritical

6. grave, grievous, heavy, weightyverb

   of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

   "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"

   Synonyms:
   heartrending, sullen, laborious, heavy, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, corpulent, sound, serious, gruelling, dense, grueling, wakeless, with child(p), threatening, solemn, profound, backbreaking, severe, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), great(p), clayey, enceinte, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, fleshy, atrocious, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, life-threatening, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, sedate, heartbreaking, sonorous, dangerous, arduous, operose, sober, rotund, heavy(p), big(a), labored, obese, laboured, punishing, cogent, telling, gravid, big(p), lowering, leaden

   Antonyms:
   frivolous, noncritical, unimportant, noncrucial

7. sculpt, sculpture, graveverb

   shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

   "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

   Synonyms:
   sculpt, scratch, sculpture, inscribe, engrave

   Antonyms:
   noncritical, frivolous, unimportant, noncrucial

8. scratch, engrave, grave, inscribeverb

   carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

   "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

   Synonyms:
   itch, call off, scrape up, enrol, expunge, enter, fret, recruit, strike, etch, chafe, sculpture, code, cipher, cypher, come up, scratch, autograph, cancel, inscribe, write in code, encrypt, engrave, scrub, sculpt, scrape, fray, encipher, enroll, excise, scratch up, rub

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, unimportant, frivolous, noncritical

Matched Categories

1. • Carve
   • Death
   • Topographic Point

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1. graveverb

   Synonyms:
   engrave, imprint, infix, impress deeply

2. graveverb

   Synonyms:
   carve, form by cutting

3. gravenoun

   Synonyms:
   pit (for a dead body), sepulchre, tomb, ossuary, charnel-house, narrow house, long home

4. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   important, weighty, momentous, cogent, of great consequence

5. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   sober, serious, sedate, thoughtful, demure, staid, solemn

6. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   plain, not showy, not tawdry

7. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Music.) deep, not acute, low in pitch

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1. graveadjective

   Synonyms:
   important, momentous, serious, sober, solemn, staid, demure, sedate, quiet, thoughtful, subdued, sepulchral

2. gravenoun

   Synonyms:
   tomb, sepulcher, charnel-house, ossuary, sepulture, tumulus, barrow

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1. List of paraphrases for "grave":

   serious, severe, tomb, deep, gross, profound, acute, graves, seriously, cemetery, dangerous, falls, major, burial, great, severely, heavy, dire, grievous, gravesite, gravely, graveyard

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1. Merrick Garland:

   There is no hiding place for war criminals. Justice Department will pursue every avenue of accountability for those who commit war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine, working alongside our domestic and international partners, Justice Department will be relentless in our efforts to hold accountable every person complicit in the commission of war crimes, torture, and other grave violations during the unprovoked conflict in Ukraine.

2. United States:

   This is a direct challenge to the international community and a grave violation, having seen the brutality of North Korea from Kim Jong Nam, I'd say the consequences of the Kim Jong Un regime having nuclear weapons will be horrible.

3. Paul Hokemeyer:

   In my experience working with patients, I’ve found that the universe can be an extraordinary beacon, no matter who we are and what our backgrounds are. When we attune ourselves to its frequency, it often answers our expectations and intentions. It also protects us from grave dangers. And, over time, it guides us to powerful places we might never have even imagined.

4. Megan Smolenyak:

   She watched half of them go to the grave by the age of 3, if you look at their death certificates, it’s a variety of causes, but they all track back to poverty. They all tie to life in tenement slums.

5. The Herald-Leader:

   We would like to emphasize that Islam is a religion built on peace and tolerance. Murder or hiring for murder is regarded in the Koranas a grave sin.