sober

Speech parts

1. sober - Adjective

2. sober - Verb

4. sober - Adjective Satellite

5. Sober - Proper noun

Meaning

To make sober.

Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.

Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.

Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.

Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.

Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.

To become sober; -- often with down.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

serious grave solemn somber sedate temperate abstemious abstinent pugh down-to-earth graves level regular stern stark
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Antonyms

intoxicated batty loco looney ree crump
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Hypernyms

become change get alter modify go

Phrases with the word

appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober as sober as a judge sober-minded person sober-mindedness be as sober as a judge be cold sober

Derivatives

sobered sobering

Anagrams

brose Boers Bores Boser Serob robes serbo

Examples

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. George Bernard Shaw

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. Herman Melville

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

If The Priest is used to get drunk, the people do not sober at all. Bulgarian Proverb

What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips. Danish Proverb

Fools love not the wise, drunkards love not the sober. Ukrainian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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