adjective. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.

adjective. Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic drink or other intoxicants.

adjective. Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly.

adjective. Serious or staid in character or conduct: synonym: serious.

adjective. Plain or subdued, as in decoration.

transitive & intransitive verb . To make or become sober.

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.

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.

transitive verb. To make sober.

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

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

adjective. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors.

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

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

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

adjective. not drunk; not intoxicated

adjective. not given to excessive drinking of alcohol;

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

adjective. dull; not bright or colorful;

verb. To make or become sober.

verb. To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.

adjective. completely lacking in playfulness

verb. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

verb. cause to become sober

verb. become more realistic

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

adjective. lacking brightness or color; dull

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

"I can't use the word sober because that's a term from those people, and I have cleansed myself."

abstemious  actual  calm  dull  matter-of-fact  

cold sober  colorless  colourless  drug-free  dry  

sober as a judge  sobriety  

sobered  sobering  

alter  become  change  get  go  

Kroeber  October  

amiable  careful  manly  pious  quiet  

Quaker-colored  Spartan  abstaining  abstemious  abstentious  

sobered  sobering  sobers