earnestness
Heartfelt genuine effort
Earnestness is the quality of being serious, sincere, and deeply committed to what one says or does.
It suggests genuine conviction rather than casual interest or performance: Her earnestness about climate change convinced even the skeptics.
The word carries mostly positive connotations of authenticity, though excessive earnestness can seem naive or humorless.
It stands in contrast to irony, flippancy, and detachment.
Earnest, weighty demeanor
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- gravitasDignified, weighty manner
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- weightinessState of being consequential
dignity · somberness · sedateness · staidness · formality · thoughtfulness · soberness · humorlessness
Quality of being real
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
straightforwardness · openness · frankness · transparency · integrity · uprightness · forthrightness · veracity
Intense emotional drive
- zealIntense driving devotion
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- intensityStrength or force level
vehemence · conviction · eagerness · vigor · gusto · fervency · keenness · avidity
Firm pledge to act
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- diligenceCareful, persistent effort
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
tenacity · resolve · steadfastness · persistence · conscientiousness · assiduity · industriousness · application
seriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
weightiness · dignity · somberness · sedateness · staidness · formality · thoughtfulness · soberness · humorlessness · intentness
genuineness
Quality of being real
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
truthfulness · straightforwardness · openness · frankness · transparency · integrity · uprightness · forthrightness · veracity · wholeheartedness
passion
Intense emotional drive
- zealIntense driving devotion
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
intensity · vehemence · conviction · eagerness · vigor · gusto · fervency · keenness · avidity · spiritedness
commitment
Firm pledge to act
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- diligenceCareful, persistent effort
- determinationFirmness of purpose
perseverance · tenacity · resolve · steadfastness · persistence · conscientiousness · assiduity · industriousness · application · thoroughness
- candorfrankness, directness, bluntness, candor, straightforwardness
- devotiondevotion, adoration, reverence, devotions, piety
- speech tonessarcasm, sincerity, formality, informality, politeness
- work ethicdiligence, hard worker, industriousness, go-getter, hard work
- seriousnessgravity, solemnity, gravitas, severity, sobriety
- sinceritysincerity, sincere, genuine, genuineness, honesty
earnestnesslevity
Lack of seriousness
frivolity · lightheartedness · flippancy · playfulness · facetiousness
earnestnessinsincerity
Lack of genuine feeling
disingenuousness · falseness · pretense · affectation · phoniness
earnestnessdilettantism
Superficial pursuit of arts
superficiality · shallowness · frivolousness · dabbling · dalliance