sober

1. 1.

   cause to become sober

   “A sobering thought”

   Broaderchange
2. 2.

   become more realistic

   “After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up”

   Synonymssober up

   Broaderbecome
3. 3.

   become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

   “Keep him in bed until he sobers up”

   Synonymssober up

   Broaderbecome

Other forms of sober

past tense

soberred·

present participle

soberring·

third person

sobers·

comparative

soberrer·

superlative

soberrest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sober

What does sober mean?

sober means "not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sober?

sober has 2 syllables: so-ber. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /ˈsoʊbɚ/.

What is another word for sober?

Close synonyms include grave, sedate, solemn, drab, somber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of sober?

The recorded antonyms are intoxicated.

Is sober a common word?

sober is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.