'Sober' definitions:
Definition of 'sober'
(from WordNet)
adjective
adjective
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" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn]
adjective
Lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" [syn: drab, sober, somber, sombre]
adjective
verb
Cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"
verb
Become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" [syn: sober up, sober]
verb
Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" [syn: sober up, sober]
Definition of 'Sober'
From: GCIDE
- Sober \Sober\, a. [Compar. Soberer; superl. Soberest.] [OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. Ebriety.]
- 1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. [1913 Webster]
- That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed. [1913 Webster]
- There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. --Druden. [1913 Webster]
- No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate. [1913 Webster]
- What parts gay France from sober Spain? --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Grave; temperate; abstinent; abstemious; moderate; regular; steady; calm; quiet; cool; collected; dispassionate; unimpassioned; sedate; staid; serious; solemn; somber. See Grave. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sober'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Sober'
From: GCIDE
- Sober \So"ber\, v. i. To become sober; -- often with down. [1913 Webster]
- Vance gradually sobered down. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sober'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstaining,
- abstentious,
- abstinent,
- acier,
- aristocratic,
- ascetic,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- august,
- austere,
- awe-inspiring,
- balanced,
- bald,
- bare,
- blackish,
- bland,
- calm,
- candid,
- canescent,
- cinereous,
- cinerous,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- cold sober,
- collected,
- colorless,
- common,
- commonplace,
- commonsense,
- composed,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- constrained,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- continent,
- controlled,
- cool,
- coolheaded,
- courtly,
- creamy,
- dapple,
- dapple-gray,
- dappled,
- dappled-gray,
- dark,
- dark-colored,
- darkish,
- darksome,
- decorous,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- delicate,
- demure,
- detoxify,
- dignified,
- dingy,
- direct,
- disciplined,
- dismal,
- dispassionate,
- dove-colored,
- dove-gray,
- down-to-earth,
- drab,
- dreary,
- dry,
- dull,
- dusk,
- dusky,
- dusty,
- earnest,
- eggshell,
- eschewing,
- excogitating,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- flat,
- forbearing,
- forgoing,
- formal,
- formidable,
- frank,
- frowning,
- frugal,
- funereal,
- gentle,
- glaucescent,
- glaucous,
- gloss,
- grand,
- grave,
- gray,
- gray-black,
- gray-brown,
- gray-colored,
- gray-drab,
- gray-green,
- gray-spotted,
- gray-toned,
- gray-white,
- grayed,
- grayish,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- griseous,
- grizzle,
- grizzled,
- grizzly,
- hard,
- hard-boiled,
- hardheaded,
- heavy,
- homely,
- homespun,
- ideative,
- imperturbable,
- imposing,
- inhibited,
- introspective,
- iridescent,
- iron-gray,
- judicious,
- kingly,
- lead-gray,
- leaden,
- lean,
- level-headed,
- levelheaded,
- light,
- livid,
- logical,
- long-faced,
- lordly,
- low-key,
- magisterial,
- majestic,
- matter-of-fact,
- measured,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- mellow,
- mental,
- mild,
- mild as milk,
- moderate,
- mother-of-pearl,
- mouse-colored,
- mouse-gray,
- mousy,
- museful,
- musing,
- nacreous,
- natural,
- neat,
- neutral,
- nigrescent,
- no-nonsense,
- noble,
- noetic,
- nonviolent,
- opalescent,
- open,
- pacifistic,
- pale,
- pastel,
- patinaed,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- pearl,
- pearl-gray,
- pearly,
- pensive,
- philosophical,
- placid,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- pondering,
- portentous,
- practical,
- pragmatic,
- prehensive,
- princely,
- proper,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- prudent,
- pure,
- Quaker-colored,
- queenly,
- quiet,
- rational,
- realistic,
- reasonable,
- recover,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- refraining,
- regal,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- royal,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- rustic,
- sad,
- sane,
- sedate,
- self-controlled,
- self-disciplined,
- self-possessed,
- semigloss,
- sensible,
- serene,
- serious,
- severe,
- silver,
- silver-gray,
- silvered,
- silvery,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- slate-colored,
- slaty,
- smoke-gray,
- smoky,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- soft,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- softened,
- solemn,
- somber,
- sombrous,
- sound,
- spare,
- sparing,
- Spartan,
- speculative,
- staid,
- stark,
- stately,
- statuesque,
- steady,
- steel-gray,
- steely,
- stinting,
- stone-colored,
- stone-faced,
- straight-faced,
- straightforward,
- subdued,
- subtle,
- swart,
- swarthy,
- sweet,
- tame,
- taupe,
- teetotal,
- temperate,
- tender,
- thinking,
- thought,
- thoughtful,
- together,
- tranquil,
- unadorned,
- unaffected,
- undrunk,
- undrunken,
- unexcited,
- unflustered,
- unidealistic,
- unimaginative,
- unimpassioned,
- uninebriate,
- uninebrious,
- unintoxicated,
- unperturbed,
- unpoetical,
- unruffled,
- unsmiling,
- untipsy,
- unvarnished,
- venerable,
- weighty,
- well-balanced,
- wistful,
- worthy