Definitions for sober

Definitions for (verb) sober

Main entry: sober, sober up

Definition: become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

Usage: Keep him in bed until he sobers up


Main entry: sober, sober up

Definition: become more realistic

Usage: After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up


Main entry: sober

Definition: cause to become sober

Usage: A sobering thought


Definitions for (adj) sober

Main entry: sober, somber, sombre, drab

Definition: lacking brightness or color; dull

Usage: drab faded curtains; sober Puritan grey; children in somber brown clothes


Main entry: sober

Definition: not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)


Main entry: sober, solemn, sedate, grave

Definition: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

Usage: 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


Main entry: sober, serious, unplayful

Definition: completely lacking in playfulness


Visual thesaurus for sober