serious
I
(devoted) adjective
ardent, assiduous, decided, dedicated, determined, devout, dogged, dutiful, eager, earnest, faithful, fervent, firm, fixed, intent, loyal, passionate, purposeful, relentless, resolute, resolved, settled, sincere, steadfast, steady, tenacious, true, uncompromising, unfaltering, unswerving, unyielding, zealous
associated concepts: serious crime, serious wrongdoing
II
(crave) adjective
austerus, consequential, critical, crucial, dangerous, dire, dreadful, fatal, gravis, great, grim, highly serious, important, intense, momentous, pensive, pressing, serius, severe, severus, sober, solemn, stern, weighty
associated concepts: serious and willful misconduct, serious bodily injury, serious crime, serious harm, serious wrongdoing
III
index
chronic, critical (crucial), dangerous, dire, earnest, exigent, grave (important), grave (solemn), important (significant), insistent, major, momentous, pensive, pernicious, persistent, pertinacious, purposeful, resolute, solemn, steadfast, urgent
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006