Synonyms for Sober | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "sober" (405 found)

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Closest matches (81)

Adjective(4 words)

abate abstaining abstemious abstentious abstinent acier allay alleviate aristocratic ascetic ashen ashy assuage august austereawe inspiringawe-inspiring balanced bald bare

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Adjective(2 words)

abstemious clearheaded

Noun(1 words)

be serious

Strong matches (122)

detoxify dignified diminish dingy direct disciplined dismal dispassionate dove-colored dove-graydown-to-earthdrab dreary dry dull dusk dusky dusty earnest eggshell

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Adjective(10 words)

detoxifydignified demeanordoric ornamentdrab earnestgo drymature societyminimalminimalist lifestylemoderate

Adjective(2 words)

dim dry

Noun(2 words)

drier grownup

Related words (202)

mousy museful musing nacreous natural neat neutral nigrescent no-nonsense noble noetic nonviolent opalescent open pacifistic pale palliate pastel patinaed peaceable

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peaceful pearl pearl-gray pearly pensive perjurer philosophical placid plainplain spokenplain-speaking plain-spokenplay downpoker facedpondering portentous practical pragmatic pragmatical prehensive princely proper prosaic prosing prosy prudent pure quaker-colored queenly quiet rational realistic reasonable recover reduce reflecting reflective refraining regal repressed reserved restrain restrained royal ruminant ruminating ruminative rustic sad sane sedate self-contained self-controlled self-disciplined self-possessed semigloss sensible serene serious severe silver silver-gray silvered silvery simple simple-speaking slacken slate-colored slatyslow downsmoke-gray smoky smother sober-minded sobersided soft soft-colored soft-hued soften softened solemn solid somber sombrous sound spare sparing spartan speculative staid stark stately statuesque steady steel-gray steely stifle stintingstone facedstone-colored stone-faced straightstraight facedstraight-faced straightforward subdue subdued subtle suppress swart swarthy sweettake the edge offtame taupe teetotal temperate tender thinking thought thoughtful togethertone downtranquiltune downunadorned unaffected underplay undrunk undrunken unexcited unflustered unidealistic unimaginative unimpassioned uninebriate uninebrious unintoxicated unperturbed unpoetical unromantic unruffled unsentimental unsmiling untipsy unvarnished venerable weaken weighty well-balanced wistful worthy

Adjective(5 words)

on the wagonsober as a judgestone-cold soberundrunken unintoxicated

Adjective(21 words)

plainrealistic viewrecover reform restrained sedate seriousserious issuesolemn vowsomber sombre staider staideststraighten upsubdued floralsteetotal temper temperate unadorned unintoxicate

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unplayful

Verb(3 words)

sober upsobered solemnize

Noun(1 words)

sobersides

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

16 entries

alter appearance attribute become changechange of statecognitive evaluationcondition design get gojudgment formationmodifyphysiological adjustmentquality state

More specific

12 entries

abstinentgo drygrave minimalistmoderate assessmentsober upsolemnstop drinkingteetotaltemper judgmentunadorned unintoxicate

Collocations

10 entries

go drysober analysissober assessmentsober demeanorsober designsober judgmentsober reflectionsober second thoughtsober upstay sober

Inflections

7 entries

more sobermost sobersobered soberer soberest sobering sobers

Derivations

6 entries

sober upsober-minded soberish soberly soberness sobriety

Antonyms

1 entries

intoxicated

similar

10 entries

cold sobercolorless colourless drug-free dry serious stone-sober teetotal uninebriated unintoxicated

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Were you sober at that time?

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I went for a walk to try to sober up.

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He drinks a lot but always seems sober.

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Regardless of how much he drank, he seems as sober as ever.

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