sober
- adjective
- /ˈsoʊbər/
- She celebrated her fifth year of being sober at a recovery meeting with friends.
- stay sober
- clean and sober
- sober living
All you must do is stay sober for one more day.
- All you must do is stay sober for one more day.
- How many people became sober and then went back?
- My favorite thing about getting sober is that I stopped lying.
- I'm just trying to stay sober for tomorrow, you know?
- That's a long time of being sober if you want to be sober, you know?
- And I know that she didn't stay sober, She just couldn't.
- I'm eight years clean, I'm sober and I go, wow.
- So people actually show up more sober when they receive incentives.
- And as Amy likes to say, if she can get sober, anyone can get sober.
- I think maybe I think just because I'm sober and like I'm really happy.
- And I always think as long as I stay sober, I can do anything.
- A couple hours later, because this guy was released to a sober party, he comes back.
- There are halfway houses, there are sober living houses.
- Whether it's I want him to be sober, I want her to pick up her socks.
- Yeah, so all right, so you get out, you're sober, you're doing the whole deal.
Examples
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I have to stay sober enough to drive the RV.
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Because if I was sober, could I do this?
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All you must do is stay sober for one more day.
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How many people became sober and then went back?
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And I always think as long as I stay sober, I can do anything.
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And as Amy likes to say, if she can get sober, anyone can get sober.
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I'm just trying to stay sober for tomorrow, you know?
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There are halfway houses, there are sober living houses.
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How do we know that it's safer to drive sober than to drive falling down drunk?
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He definitely is, and I'm really proud of him being sober for so long.
Synonyms
Completely free of alcohol or drugs
Not affected by alcohol or drugs at all
Shows no signs of being drunk
A person who is not affected by alcohol
Not affected by alcohol or drugs
Not drunk or affected by alcohol
Alert and not tired or drunk
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How Sober
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Etymology
Sober comes from the Latin word sobrius, which meant 'not drunk' and is the source of the English word sobriety, with parts like se- 'without' and ebrius 'drunk'. So sober today still means 'not under the influence'.