soberer

soberer is the comparative form of sober.

Meaning of sober

Adjective

sober (comparative soberer, superlative soberest)

Not drunk; not intoxicated.

Antonyms:

drunk, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken, befuddled
Not under the influence of any recreational drug.
- Ten months sober, I must admit
  Just because you're clean, don't mean you don't miss it2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Imogen Heap, “Clean (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023
Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.
- Amid all the confusion and disorder that sin has introduced into the world, the Christian in union with God has a grace or Divine help that enables him to live the sober, self-restrained life.1890, John Charles Cox, “The Sober Life”, in The Godly, Righteous, And Sober Life, page 35
Synonyms:

abstemious, temperate, abstentious, abstinent, spareful
(figuratively) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.
- God help me to watch and to be sober.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 31
Synonyms:

measured, mellow, middle of the road, mild, moderate, nonexcessive, nonextreme, nonfanatic, proper, reasonable
Dull; not bright or colorful.
- Twilight grey / Had in her sober livery all things clad.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
Synonyms:

muted, subdued, bland, colourless, dim, dingy, dull, faint, lackluster, leaden
Subdued; solemn; grave.
- See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.1717, Alexander Pope, Letter from Edward Blount, Esq.
Synonyms:

austere, frightful, demure, serious, grave, earnest, grievous, lack-laughter, thoughtful, sad

See all 11 meanings of sober

Noun

soberer (plural soberers)

Something that makes a person sober.
- I was once very mischievous—I am not so now, age is a sad soberer of frolic fancies […]1831, James Athearn Jones, chapter 7, in Haverhill; or, Memoirs of an Officer in the Army of Wolfe, volume 3, London: T.&W. Boone, page 165
- […] business, as we know, is the great soberer of theorists, no matter on what side they theorize.1901, R. B. Cunninghame Graham, chapter 10, in A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay, 1607 to 1767, London: Heinemann, page 278

Forms of soberer

plural	soberers

Origin of soberer

From sober + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

Questions about soberer

What does soberer mean?: Soberer means something that makes a person sober.
What is soberer the comparative form of?: Soberer is the comparative form of sober.
What part of speech is soberer?: Soberer is a noun.
What is the plural of soberer?: The plural of soberer is soberers.

Words near soberer in the dictionary

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