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 and divides as se-ri-ou-s-min-ded under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.