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, sober, 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:
   sober, 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, sober, 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, sober

   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, sober

   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. Dmitry Peskov:

   This is unimaginable and someone has to say -- all this is not true. We have to be sober, let's come to our minds.

2. Baked Goods .:

   I was such a good worker because I just wanted it so badly, as soon as I got sober, I was like the best worker that you could find … but again, you can't put that on a resume. You can't be like, 'I'm so excited to be here.'.

3. Justin Amash:

   My job is to defend the Constitution. I'm laying out the information I want to lay out and it's not about getting on TV or anything like that, i want to make sure that I'm presenting it in the most clear-cut, sober way possible.

4. Linas Linkevicius:

   We have to take a sober look at where we are. We should not mix things up. Our security should be first.

5. Communist Manifesto:

   All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.