Word Definition

Sober

  1. To make sober.
  2. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
  3. To become sober; -- often with down.
  4. Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
  5. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
  6. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
  7. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.