Synonyms for sober
ˈsoʊ bərsober

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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

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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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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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1. William Butler Yeats:

   The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

2. Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures:

   Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.

3. Lamar Odom:

   Living sober, meaning no drugs, is a great feeling, being in the moment is important.

4. Timothy Affleck:

   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.

5. Jack Osbourne:

   I never went to work sober. I never went to dinner sober. I didn't do anything sober. So to do things [sober] for the first time again… that was really scary.