Dire : synonyms and lexical field

Synonyms > Synonyms beginning with D > Dire

Looking for words with meaning close to 'dire': discover synonyms for the word dire, such as desperate or dreadful.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as dire. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": desperate and dreadful.

Our list of words and synonyms offered here allows for example to find variants for your content or web page improvements.

Test the SEO analysis tool

Synonyms for dire sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for dire Degree of synonymy of dire Frequency in the language

desperate
92 25.69

dreadful
91 8.00

alarming
90 1.14

terrible
89 94.02

horrendous
89 1.02

frightening
88 5.76

awful
87 63.41

horrific
87 1.37

critical
85 12.25

fearful
84 2.16

fearsome
83 0.76

dreaded
81 1.35

dread
81 2.51

direful
75 0

bleak
75 1.08

grim
73 4.78

precarious
72 0.39

gloomy
71 2.41

dismal
69 0.94

urgent
69 14.86

Lexical field of "dire"

desperate
dreadful
alarming
terrible
horrendous
frightening
awful
horrific
critical
fearful
fearsome
dreaded
dread
direful
bleak
grim
precarious
gloomy
dismal
urgent
deteriorating
ominous
stark
hopeless
appalling
drastic
calamitous
pitiful
deplorable
harsh
abysmal
daunting
severe
serious
disastrous
wretched
woeful
miserable
urgently
lamentable
pathetic
catastrophic
devastating
distressing
atrocious
bad
horrible
fragile
poor
horrifying