Cause to become sober.

Roget 502: be sane etc. adj.; retain one's senses, retain one's reason.    become sane etc. adj.; come to one's senses, sober down.    render sane etc. adj.; bring to one's senses, sober.    ... show more

Roget 174: be moderate etc. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.    moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy^†; attemper^†, contemper^†; mollify, lenify^†, dulcify^†, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund^†, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken etc. 160; lessen etc. (decrease) 36; check palliate.    tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb etc. (restrain) 751; tame etc. (subjugate) 749; smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].    go out like a lamb, roar you as gently as any sucking dove" [Midsummer-Night's Dream]. ... show more

Dutch: ontnuchteren

Become more realistic:
— After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up.

synonym: sober up.

Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption:
— Keep him in bed until he sobers up.

synonym: sober up.

Dutch: ontnuchteren

Not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).

Roget 174: moderate; lenient etc. 740; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered etc. v.; calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.    unexciting, unirritating^†; soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne; hypnotic etc. 683; sedative; antiorgastic^†, anaphrodisiac^†.    mild as mother's milk; milk and water.    ... show more

Roget 953: temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing; abstemious, abstinent; within compass; measured etc. (sufficient) 639.    on the wagon, on the water wagon.    [Locations where alcoholic beverages are prohibited] dry.    Pythagorean; vegetarian; teetotal.    ... show more

Roget 502: sane, rational, reasonable, compos mentis, of sound mind; sound, sound-minded; lucid.    self-possessed; sober, sober-minded.    in one's sober senses, in one's right mind; in possession of one's faculties.    ... show more

Roget 498: intelligent [Applied to persons], quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; farsighted etc. 510; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; argute^†; quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; alive to etc. (cognizant) 490; clever etc. (apt) 698; arch etc. (cunning) 702; pas si bete [Fr.]; acute etc. 682.    wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens [Lat.], judicious, strong-minded.    unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted^†, unprepossessed^†; undazzled^†, unperplexed^†; unwarped judgment^†, impartial, equitable, fair.    cool; cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed; long-sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting; solid, deep, profound.    oracular; heaven-directed, heaven-born.    prudent etc. (cautious) 864; sober, stand, solid; considerate, politic, wise in one's generation; watchful etc. 459; provident etc. (prepared) 673; in advance of one' age; wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon.    [Applied to actions] wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious; well-thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised; prudent, politic; expedient etc. 646.    ... show more

Roget 958: sober, sober as a judge.   

Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises:
— As sober as a judge.

synonyms: grave, sedate, solemn.

Roget 837: cheerless, joyless, spiritless; uncheerful, uncheery^†; unlively^†; unhappy etc. 828; melancholy, dismal, somber, dark, gloomy, triste [Fr.], clouded, murky, lowering, frowning, lugubrious, funereal, mournful, lamentable, dreadful.    dreary, flat; dull, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater^†; depressing etc. v.. melancholy as a gib cat;" oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy; downcast, downhearted; down in the mouth, down in one's luck; heavy-hearted; in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen; mumpish^†, dumpish, mopish^†, moping; moody, glum; sulky etc. (discontented) 832; out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary etc. 841; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen^†, chopfallen^†, jaw fallen, crest fallen.    sad, pensive, penseroso [It], tristful^†; dolesome^†, doleful; woebegone; lacrymose, lachrymose, in tears, melancholic, hypped^†, hypochondriacal, bilious, jaundiced, atrabilious^†, saturnine, splenetic; lackadaisical.    serious, sedate, staid, stayed; grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a mustard pot; sober, sober as a judge, solemn, demure; grim; grim-faced, grim-visaged; rueful, wan, long-faced.    disconsolate; unconsolable, inconsolable; forlorn, comfortless, desolate, desole [Fr.], sick at heart; soul sick, heart sick; au desespoir [Fr.]; in despair etc. 859; lost.    overcome; broken down, borne down, bowed down; heartstricken etc. (mental suffering) 828^†; cut up, dashed, sunk; unnerved, unmanned; down fallen, downtrodden; broken-hearted; careworn.    ... show more

Roget 826: inexcitable^†, unexcitable; imperturbable; unsusceptible etc. (insensible) 823; unpassionate^†, dispassionate; cold-blooded, irritable; enduring etc. v.; stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed; sober, sober minded; grave; sober as a judge, grave as a judge; sedate, demure, cool-headed.    easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm; quiet as a mouse; tranquil, serene; cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard; undemonstrative.    temperate etc. (moderate) 174; composed, collected; unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned; unoffended^†; unresisting.    meek, tolerant; patient, patient as Job; submissive etc. 725; tame; content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike^†; gentle as a lamb; suaviter in modo [Lat.]; mild as mothers milk; soft as peppermint; armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering.    ... show more

Polish: solenny

Lacking brightness or color; dull:
— Sober Puritan grey.

synonyms: drab, somber, sombre.

Polish: spokojniutki, spokojny

Completely lacking in playfulness.

synonyms: serious, unplayful.