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Synonyms for SOBER
ˈsoʊ bərsober
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Wiktionary
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sober
Synonyms:
temperate, unintoxicated, cool, dispassionate, reasonable, culm, self-possessed, sound, unexcited, serious, grave, sedate, steady, abstemious, moderateAntonyms:
intemperate, drunk, intoxicated, heated, excited, impassioned, unreasonable, agitated, furious, passionate, extravagant, extreme, exorbitant, immoderate, flighty, erratic, eccentric
Princeton's WordNet
soberadjective
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Synonyms:
serious, sombre, drab, grave, sedate, unplayful, somber, solemnAntonyms:
frivolous, sottish, colorful, orgiastic, hopped-up, colourful, potty, mellow, soused, pissed, tipsy, bibulous, stiff, wet, sloshed, inebriated, stoned, blotto, drunk, soaked, narcotized, bacchanalian, beery, pixilated, crocked, sozzled, loaded, besotted, bacchic, drugged, intoxicated, bacchanal, carousing, slopped, cockeyed, fuddled, drunken, smashed, boozy, plastered, tight, tiddly, squiffy, blind drunk, half-seas-over, pie-eyed, high, doped, narcotisedgrave, sedate, sober, solemnadjective
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
"a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
Synonyms:
severe, sober, serious, somber, earnest, sincere, dangerous, staid, unplayful, weighty, grave, grievous, drab, sedate, life-threatening, solemn, heavy, sombreAntonyms:
tipsy, drugged, drunken, bacchic, sloshed, colorful, slopped, squiffy, orgiastic, fuddled, pissed, hopped-up, pie-eyed, blotto, intoxicated, doped, carousing, cockeyed, sottish, plastered, mellow, bacchanal, blind drunk, frivolous, pixilated, bibulous, wet, soaked, beery, crocked, stoned, stiff, boozy, bacchanalian, tight, soused, half-seas-over, colourful, smashed, potty, narcotized, inebriated, loaded, besotted, drunk, high, narcotised, tiddly, sozzleddrab, sober, somber, sombreadjective
lacking brightness or color; dull
"drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
Synonyms:
sober, serious, melancholy, somber, dingy, drear, grim, gloomy, dismal, blue, dark, grave, drab, olive-drab, sedate, disconsolate, dreary, unplayful, solemn, sorry, sombreAntonyms:
mellow, sottish, slopped, colourful, potty, boozy, blotto, besotted, soused, wet, loaded, pissed, hopped-up, carousing, high, drunk, orgiastic, sozzled, drugged, bibulous, intoxicated, pixilated, inebriated, stiff, colorful, tipsy, half-seas-over, bacchic, fuddled, narcotized, beery, tight, sloshed, cockeyed, stoned, plastered, doped, squiffy, frivolous, tiddly, blind drunk, drunken, pie-eyed, bacchanalian, crocked, narcotised, soaked, smashed, bacchanalunplayful, serious, soberverb
completely lacking in playfulness
Synonyms:
serious, severe, sombre, drab, grave, good, sedate, unplayful, life-threatening, sober, somber, dangerous, grievous, solemnAntonyms:
sloshed, hopped-up, frivolous, inebriated, wet, crocked, loaded, beery, slopped, doped, soaked, half-seas-over, mellow, potty, bacchic, colourful, narcotised, pie-eyed, plastered, tiddly, tight, cockeyed, stiff, soused, fuddled, bacchanal, blotto, squiffy, blind drunk, pixilated, narcotized, bibulous, drugged, pissed, drunken, bacchanalian, tipsy, drunk, besotted, carousing, smashed, sottish, sozzled, high, boozy, stoned, intoxicated, orgiastic, colorfulsoberverb
cause to become sober
"A sobering thought"
Synonyms:
sober upAntonyms:
bacchanal, sozzled, drugged, beery, narcotised, drunken, carousing, crocked, inebriated, loaded, squiffy, boozy, stiff, pixilated, mellow, blind drunk, bacchanalian, slopped, high, colourful, orgiastic, smashed, tiddly, potty, blotto, fuddled, bacchic, half-seas-over, doped, soused, pie-eyed, sottish, soaked, plastered, besotted, bibulous, stoned, wet, narcotized, frivolous, drunk, tight, intoxicated, colorful, pissed, cockeyed, sloshed, hopped-up, tipsysober up, soberverb
become more realistic
"After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
Antonyms:
slopped, inebriated, potty, sloshed, squiffy, plastered, besotted, stoned, bacchanal, high, wet, loaded, doped, crocked, blotto, cockeyed, pissed, stiff, tight, smashed, narcotized, drugged, tiddly, mellow, boozy, bacchanalian, half-seas-over, beery, colourful, fuddled, orgiastic, hopped-up, drunk, soaked, tipsy, pie-eyed, blind drunk, narcotised, sozzled, frivolous, carousing, drunken, soused, bacchic, intoxicated, bibulous, sottish, pixilated, colorfulsober up, soberverb
become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
"Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
Antonyms:
tiddly, narcotized, sloshed, soaked, pissed, besotted, plastered, colourful, hopped-up, squiffy, sottish, colorful, intoxicated, tipsy, pie-eyed, sozzled, bibulous, crocked, stiff, carousing, fuddled, drunken, soused, drugged, stoned, blotto, narcotised, loaded, boozy, half-seas-over, slopped, drunk, bacchic, inebriated, bacchanal, frivolous, smashed, mellow, high, pixilated, cockeyed, tight, potty, bacchanalian, orgiastic, blind drunk, doped, wet, beery
Dictionary of English Synonymes
soberadjective
Synonyms:
temperate, abstemious, abstinent, not drunkensoberadjective
Synonyms:
calm, moderate, cool, composed, unruffled, unimpassioned, dispassionate, steady, sedate, demure, staid, rationalsoberadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
soberadjective
Synonyms:
temperate, abstinent, abstemious, unintoxicated, solemn, grave, demure, sedate, dispassionate, unimpassioned, calm, rational
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sober":
sober-minded, clear-headed, cool-headed, austere, dispassionate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#155 | good | |
#618 | blue | |
#803 | sound | |
#1457 | cool | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2107 | serious | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#2937 | reasonable | |
#3964 | severe | |
#4178 | dangerous | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#7181 | steady | |
#8065 | grave | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15441 | sincere | |
#17693 | earnest | |
#19532 | sober | |
#23852 | temperate | |
#24854 | solemn | |
#25291 | melancholy | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#43052 | drab | |
#47762 | somber | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#53038 | austere | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#59538 | sombre | |
#68220 | staid | |
#73655 | sedate | |
#82562 | dispassionate | |
#128861 | culm | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear | |
#292522 | abstemious |
How to use SOBER in a sentence?
Living sober, meaning no drugs, is a great feeling, being in the moment is important.
Getting drivers to slow down and obey the speed limit, buckle up every trip and always drive sober will be key to reversing these negative trends.
I went to rehab again, this time for two months. I got out in February. I lived in sober living for another month and a half.
There have been cases of media self-restraint in the past, but they usually involved the imperial family, or, as after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, when media adopted a sober tone, i think this is the first time that criticism of the government itself has been so restrained.
I was a chronic, severe alcoholic for several years, i had to recover and, happily, I did. Ben has always been serious about getting sober. There is no question about that. He wants a balanced life and he is working at it.
Translations for SOBER
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- айныҡ, айыҡBashkir
- sobriCatalan, Valencian
- vystřízlivět, střízlivý, hloupý, tupýCzech
- ædruelig, sober, ædruDanish
- nüchtern, besonnen, ernüchtern, ausnüchtern, ernstGerman
- εγκρατής, μετρημένος, νηφάλιοςGreek
- sobriĝi, sobraEsperanto
- sobrio, serenoSpanish
- هوشیارPersian
- selvinpäin, hillitty, raitisFinnish
- cuver, sobreFrench
- sòbair, stuamaScottish Gaelic
- सौम्यHindi
- józanHungarian
- սթափArmenian
- tidak mabukIndonesian
- sobrioItalian
- 酔いを醒ます, 真面目, シラフJapanese
- sobrii estote,Latin
- eniichterLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- nuchterDutch
- edruNorwegian
- trzeźwyPolish
- sóbrioPortuguese
- трезвый, неяркий, тусклый, умеренныйRussian
- nyktra, nyktra till, nykterSwedish
- hüşyar, uyanık dikkatli, mutedilTurkish
- 清醒Chinese
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