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 After a field sobriety test was conducted, Giles was arrested on suspicion of DUI. — Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 Bailey did not meet several field sobriety test criteria, police said. — Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026 The candid admission highlights how Brolin has embraced a daily routine to maintain his sobriety. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 For their winning project, the duo, who live and work between Paris and Luxembourg, collected sobriety tokens from members of abstinence groups, which represent the amount of time a person has been sober. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sobriety

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Noun

Earning a ghostly reputation by avoiding gravity and nuclear forces, these abundant particles stream through us daily without leaving a single trace.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
The titular term refers to the grace-period moment after a character in a game runs off a cliff but before gravity catches up, when the player can still jump.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of gravity

Noun

As the temperance movement grew, the Besley Brewery attempted to change with the times, but was later sold around 1912.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Founded in 1961 by a puppeteer who acquired a former Victorian temperance hall damaged during the Blitz of World War II, the theater holds one of the world’s last remaining double marionette bridges, suitable for long-string puppets.

— Kelly Kasulis Cho, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of temperance

Noun

The trio of city employees flipped through the issue with obligatory earnestness, straining to read in the dark and din of the party.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
On and off the court, Miller approaches his job with an earnestness born out of clawing for every minute off the bench.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of earnestness

Noun

However, they’re given an earnest, if sometimes overly sentimental, airing here thanks to Ueda’s personal connection to the material.

— Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026
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