What is another word for sobriety?
Synonyms for sobriety
səˈbraɪ ɪ ti, soʊ-so·bri·ety
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Wiktionary
sobrietynoun
The quality or state of not being intoxicated.
Antonyms:
drunkenness, intoxication
English Synonyms and Antonyms
sobriety
Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.
Synonyms:
abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, temperanceAntonyms:
drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonnessPreposition:
The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sobriety
Synonyms:
soberness, temperance, abstemiousnessAntonyms:
intemperance
Princeton's WordNet
soberness, sobrietynoun
the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
Synonyms:
sombreness, graveness, dryness, gravity, temperance, somberness, sobernesssobriety, drynessnoun
moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs
Synonyms:
sombreness, graveness, dryness, gravity, temperance, somberness, dispassionateness, xerotes, dispassion, soberness, waterlessnessgraveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombrenessnoun
a manner that is serious and solemn
Synonyms:
sombreness, solemnity, gloom, graveness, dryness, gravity, gravitational attraction, gloominess, temperance, somberness, gravitation, gravitational force, sobernesssobriety, temperancenoun
abstaining from excess
Synonyms:
sombreness, graveness, dryness, gravity, moderation, temperance, somberness, soberness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
sobrietynoun
Synonyms:
temperance, abstemiousness, abstinencesobrietynoun
Synonyms:
calmness, coolness, sedateness, soberness, demureness, thoughtfulness, gravity
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List of paraphrases for "sobriety":
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#7797 | gravity | |
#17149 | moderation | |
#20872 | fasting | |
#24124 | abstinence | |
#28338 | gloom | |
#37351 | dryness | |
#38214 | temperance | |
#38676 | gravitation | |
#41208 | sobriety | |
#54982 | continence | |
#70805 | solemnity | |
#95106 | frugality | |
#260451 | dispassion | |
#330484 | gloominess |
How to use sobriety in a sentence?
Many couples are experimenting with sobriety these days, consider how this may affect date night. What about date day or even date morning ? A different time of day changes the type of activity we are able to engage in, changes the circumstances in which we engage with each other, and it changes the state of mind we inhabit together.
Rank-and-file officers are being stopped from doing what they are told to do. what's wrong with [conducting] a sobriety test? It's basic policing.
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.
It takes you away from the ego, i learned to remove [my] ego. When I make a decision, I think about other people and how they’re going to be affected by it, not just me, me, me. And you have to be willing to do all of these things. You can’t just say, ‘This will look good if I do it.’ You really have to be committed 100 percent. And I really believe if you throw yourself into sobriety, it works.
By the time the first DNR Officer arrived on scene (Officer [Austin] Pritcher), all occupants of the boat except for Anthony Cook and Mallory Beach had been transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital, there was no opportunity for DNR to administer Field Sobriety Tests (FST) in this case.
Translations for sobriety
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- střízlivostCzech
- ædruelighedDanish
- Gedecktheit, Nüchternheit, ErnsthaftigkeitGerman
- νηφαλιότηταGreek
- austeridad, sobriedadSpanish
- raittius, selvyysFinnish
- sobriétéFrench
- sobrietyIrish
- ketenanganIndonesian
- פיכחוןHebrew
- 飲酒Japanese
- sobriedadePortuguese
- sobrietate, cumpătareRomanian
- трезвостьRussian
- triezvosťSlovak
- nykterhetSwedish
- సంయమనంTelugu
- itidalTurkish
- тверезістьUkrainian
- 清醒Chinese
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