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- DictionaryEar·nest/ˈərnəst/
noun
- 1. a thing intended or regarded as a sign or promise of what is to come: "the presence of the troops is an earnest of the world's desire not to see the conflict repeated elsewhere"
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Synonyms for EARNEST: solemn, serious, stern, professional, sober, humorless, unsmiling, severe; Antonyms of EARNEST: playful, humorous, facetious, flippant, joking, jocular, funny, light.
adj. # enthusiastic. Another way to say Earnest? Synonyms for Earnest (other words and phrases for Earnest).
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a part payment given in advance as a guarantee of the remainder, esp. to confirm a contract. (old-fashioned) He gave us the money as an earnest of his good faith. Synonyms. down payment. security. promise. guarantee. He had to give a personal guarantee on the loan to his company.
Synonyms for EARNEST: heartfelt, sincere, businesslike, determined, no-nonsense, dear, serious, warm; Antonyms for EARNEST: flippant, unenthusiastic, unimportant, unserious, unthoughtful, unpurposeful, trivial, insincere.
devoted, ardent, heartfelt, sincere, wholehearted, whole-hearted, impassioned, zealous, fervent, fervid, true, loyal, staunch. Sense: Noun: serious nature. Synonyms: gravity, graveness, seriousness, solemness, solemnity, sobriety, soberness, weightiness, importance. Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.
Synonyms for earnest in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for earnest. 71 synonym for earnest: serious, keen, grave, intense, steady, dedicated, eager, enthusiastic, passionate, sincere, thoughtful, solemn, ardent, fervent....
