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sobriety

  • /səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /səˈbɹaɪ.ə.ti/ Canada, US
  • [səˈbɹaɪ.ə.ɾi] Canada, US
  • /səˈbɹɑɪ.ə.ti/ Australia
  • [səˈbɹɑɪ.ə.ɾi] Australia

Rhymes with -aɪɪti

Where it comes from

From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas.

noun sobrieties

  1. countable, uncountable The quality or state of being sober. He celebrated five years of sobriety.
  2. countable, uncountable The quality or state of not being intoxicated.

    Similar: soberness

  3. countable, uncountable The quality or state of being grave or earnestly thoughtful.
  4. countable, uncountable The state or quality of being unhurried; a state of calm.
  5. countable, uncountable A state of moderation or seriousness.
  6. countable, uncountable Modesty in color or style.
  7. countable, uncountable Soundness of judgment.

Opposite: drunkenness, intoxication

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: soberness, temperance, graveness, somberness, gravity, abstinence, abstention, restraint, insobriety, unsoberness, ebriety, spirituosity, spirituousness, sobersidedness, booziness, drunkenness

noun

Opposite: drunkenness, intoxication

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Every language

noun quality or state of being sober

Españolausteridad, sobriedad
日本語しらふ shirafu
Portuguêssobriedade, austeridade
Françaissobriété
DeutschNüchternheit, Ernsthaftigkeit, Gedecktheit
Italianosobrietà
Ελληνικάνηφαλιότητα nifaliótita
Românăsobrietate, cumpătare
Русскийтре́звость trézvostʹ

noun quality or state of not being intoxicated

Españolsobriedad
日本語しらふ shirafu
Portuguêssobriedade
DeutschNüchternheit
Italianosobrietà
Ελληνικάνηφαλιότητα nifaliótita
Русскийтре́звость trézvostʹ

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@misc{sobriety_2026,
  title = {sobriety},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sobriety},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}