sober up

Questions about sober up

What does sober up mean?

sober up means "become sober after excessive alcohol consumption". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sober up?

Close synonyms include sober, sober. 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.

Is sober up a common word?

sober up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.