Dictionary Entry
sober
sober is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
- 2superlative
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
- 3superlative
Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
- 4superlative
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
- 5superlative
Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
- 6transitive verb
To make sober.
- 7intransitive verb
To become sober; -- often with down.
- 8verb
become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
"Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
- 9verb
become more realistic
"After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
- 10verb
cause to become sober
"A sobering thought"
- 11adjective
lacking brightness or color; dull
"drab faded curtains"
"sober Puritan grey"
- 12adjective
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- 13adjective
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
"a grave God-fearing man"
"a quiet sedate nature"
- 14adjective
completely lacking in playfulness
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