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adj. Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs; temperate.

adj. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of drugs.

adj. Plain or subdued: sober attire.

adj. Devoid of frivolity, excess, exaggeration, or speculative imagination; straightforward: gave a sober assessment of the situation.

adj. Marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity of conduct or character. See Synonyms at serious.

adj. Marked by circumspection and self-restraint.

v. To make or become sober.

adj. not drunk; not intoxicated

adj. not given to excessive drinking of alcohol;

adj. in character; moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled

adj. dull; not bright or colorful;

v. To make or become sober.

v. To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.

adj. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate.

adj. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors.

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

adj. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm

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

v. To make sober.

verb-intransitive. To become sober; -- often with down.

Free from the influence of intoxicating liquors; not drunk; unintoxicated.

Habitually temperate in the use of liquor; not given to the use of strong or much drink.

Temperate in general character or habit; free from excess; avoiding extremes; moderate.

Guided or tempered by reason; rational; sensible; sane; sound; dispassionate; commonplace.

Free from violence or tumult: serene; calm; tranquil; self-controlled.

Modest; demure; sedate; staid; dignified; serious; grave; solemn.

Plain or simple in color; somber; dull.

Little; small; mean; poor; weak.

= Syn. 3–5. Cool, collected, unimpassioned, steady, staid, somber. Sober differs from the words compared under grave in expressing the absence of exhilaration or excitement, whether physical, mental, or spiritual, whether beneficial or harmful.

To make sober; free from intoxication.

To mitigate; assuage; soften; restrain.

To make serious, grave, or sad: often followed by down.

To become sober, in any sense of the word.

adj. completely lacking in playfulness

v. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

v. cause to become sober

v. become more realistic

adj. not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

adj. lacking brightness or color; dull

adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

"The phrase sober judgment emphasizes most graphically the idea of “not being drunk” or under some influence that would warp your perception of yourself."

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

sobered    sobering    sobers   

get    become    go    change    modify    alter   

moderate    dull    serious    abstemious    calm    actual    matter-of-fact    teetotaller   

sobriety    sober as a judge   

sobered    sobering   

calm    cool    solemn    unimpassioned    temperate    regular    collected    moderate    sedate    grave   

Kroeber    October   

thoughtful    serious    careful    quiet    respectable    manly    amiable    pious