Synonyms of sobriety

sobriety

noun

1

as in intentness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling

an abrupt sobriety fell over the group when they heard the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intentness
• gravity
• earnestness
• soberness
• earnest
• seriousness
• decisiveness
• solemnity
• solemnness
• attentiveness
• purposefulness
• staidness
• intensity
• graveness
• deliberation
• determination
• serious-mindedness
• resoluteness
• concentration
• resolve
• gravitas
• immersion
• firmness
• absorption
• humorlessness
• engrossment
• enthrallment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• frivolity
• levity
• lightness
• flippancy
• lightheartedness
• frivolousness
• play
• facetiousness
• flightiness
• lightness
• superficiality
• shallowness
• unseriousness
• cheerfulness
• dalliance
• dilettantism
• gaiety
• gayety
• mirth
• merriment
• glee
• high-spiritedness

2

as in temperance

voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites

although she can afford to wear anything, she practices a sartorial sobriety that bespeaks class and taste

Synonyms & Similar Words

• temperance
• abstinence
• discipline
• restraint
• continence
• self-denial
• self-abnegation
• forbearance
• self-control
• control
• asceticism
• self-discipline
• self-mastery
• austerity
• self-command

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• greed
• gluttony
• rapacity
• sensuality
• hedonism
• self-indulgence
• voracity
• rapaciousness
• voraciousness
• sybaritism