SOBRIETY Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

sobriety

noun

sə-ˈbrī-ə-tē

Definition of sobriety

as in intentness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling an abrupt sobriety fell over the group when they heard the news

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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

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Recent Examples of sobriety Sober curiosity is not the same as sobriety in a recovery context. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026 Rogers was charged with interfering with an officer, failure to take a sobriety test, evading responsibility resulting in property damage and failure to maintain the proper lane. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026 With Children alum also spoke with Variety for their 2019 Recovery Issue about dealing with sobriety and fame simultaneously. — Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026 On the video, Buckley refused to stand on one leg and at one point tried to walk away from the officer during the field sobriety test. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sobriety

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobriety

Noun

There’s a gravity, even a melancholy to her Mary Stone, which drew on Fabares’ ability to project a genuine inner life into the least promising scenarios.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Biting into it feels tectonic, cracking and flaking and crumbling, the gravity of umami keeping it all together.

— The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of gravity

Noun

Why Gen Z is embracing sober curious drinking Three forces are pulling Gen Z toward more selective drinking, and none of them look like old-school temperance.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The temperance movement was in full swing then, and the aversion to alcohol was especially strong in the rural South.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of temperance

Noun

Adults is almost always at its best when there’s a method to the madness, a kernel of earnestness at the heart of it all.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
That the earnestness the genre requires galls us cynics, who love to hide in our books, away from all those pesky bodies in the first place?

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of earnestness

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By May 2026, all 11 of xAI’s original cofounders had departed the company, a cascade that began in earnest in February when Tony Wu, described as one of the most operationally central cofounders, announced his resignation.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Modern viticulture began in earnest here in the 1970s before blossoming in the ’90s.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 June 2026