serious-minded

1. 1.

   acting with or showing thought and good sense

   “a sensible young man”

   Synonymsthoughtful

   Similarserious

Questions about serious-minded

What does serious-minded mean?

serious-minded means "acting with or showing thought and good sense".

How many syllables are in serious-minded?

serious-minded has 5 syllables: se-ri-ou-s-min-ded. The stress falls on "ou".

What is another word for serious-minded?

Close synonyms include thoughtful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is serious-minded a common word?

serious-minded is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.