somber

Other forms of somber

comparative

somberrer·

superlative

somberrest·

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 somber

What does somber mean?

somber means "lacking brightness or color; dull". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in somber?

somber has 2 syllables: som-ber. The stress falls on "som". In IPA it is /ˈsɑmbɚ/.

What is another word for somber?

Close synonyms include drab, sober, sombre, sombre, melancholy. 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 somber a common word?

somber is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.