Synonyms for sober
ˈsoʊ bərsober

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. soberverb

   Antonyms:
   drunk

2. soberverb

   not drunk; not intoxicated

   Antonyms:
   drunk

3. soberadjective

   not given to excessive drinking of alcohol;

   It took him hours to sober up.

   Antonyms:
   drunk

4. soberadjective

   Antonyms:
   drunk

5. soberadjective

   Antonyms:
   drunk

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. sober

   Synonyms:
   temperate, unintoxicated, cool, dispassionate, reasonable, culm, self-possessed, sound, unexcited, serious, grave, sedate, steady, abstemious, moderate

   Antonyms:
   intemperate, drunk, intoxicated, heated, excited, impassioned, unreasonable, agitated, furious, passionate, extravagant, extreme, exorbitant, immoderate, flighty, erratic, eccentric

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. soberadjective

   not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

   Synonyms:
   serious, sombre, drab, grave, sedate, unplayful, somber, solemn

   Antonyms:
   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, narcotised

2. grave, 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, serious, somber, earnest, sincere, dangerous, staid, unplayful, weighty, grave, grievous, drab, sedate, life-threatening, solemn, heavy, sombre

   Antonyms:
   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, sozzled

3. drab, sober, somber, sombreadjective

   lacking brightness or color; dull

   "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"

   Synonyms:
   serious, melancholy, somber, dingy, drear, grim, gloomy, dismal, blue, dark, grave, drab, olive-drab, sedate, disconsolate, dreary, unplayful, solemn, sorry, sombre

   Antonyms:
   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, bacchanal

4. unplayful, serious, soberverb

   completely lacking in playfulness

   Synonyms:
   serious, severe, sombre, drab, grave, good, sedate, unplayful, life-threatening, somber, dangerous, grievous, solemn

   Antonyms:
   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, colorful

5. soberverb

   cause to become sober

   "A sobering thought"

   Synonyms:
   sober up

   Antonyms:
   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, tipsy

6. sober up, soberverb

   become more realistic

   "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"

   Synonyms:
   sober 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, colorful

7. sober up, soberverb

   become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

   "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"

   Synonyms:
   sober 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

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. soberadjective

   Synonyms:
   temperate, abstemious, abstinent, not drunken

2. soberadjective

   Synonyms:
   calm, moderate, cool, composed, unruffled, unimpassioned, dispassionate, steady, sedate, demure, staid, rational

3. soberadjective

   Synonyms:
   grave, solemn, serious, pensive

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1. soberadjective

   Synonyms:
   temperate, abstinent, abstemious, unintoxicated, solemn, grave, demure, sedate, dispassionate, unimpassioned, calm, rational

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1. List of paraphrases for "sober":

   sober-minded, clear-headed, cool-headed, austere, dispassionate

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How to use sober in a sentence?

1. Ernest Hemingway:

   Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

2. Terry Pratchett:

   It is very important to be sober when you take an exam

3. Nolan Neal:

   It's the first song I wrote sober, the hook of the song is' Lost for the last time.' It's about somebody he thinks they don't deserve anything because of the things they've done. I hope it connects with you all. That'll be the real win for me.

4. John Milton:

   Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.

5. William Shearer:

   Her attitude is what you like to see in a patient— they’re not defeated; they’re going up against what they have, she sees the sickest patients, who from time to time do get down, and when they hear her story, they sober up and say, ‘If this woman can do what she’s done with her life, I can do something with mine.’.