sobriety
noun
so·bri·ety sə-ˈbrī-ə-tē 
sō-
: the quality or state of being sober
Synonyms
- earnest
- earnestness
- graveness
- gravity
- intentness
- serious-mindedness
- seriousness
- soberness
- solemnity
- solemnness
- staidness
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
They did a sobriety test on him. the sobriety of the situation
Recent Examples on the Web His family has been his motivation for not just his sobriety, but new opportunities in his career as well. 
Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022 Bower's statement about his sobriety appears to be in response to an old post Twitter users unearthed on the platform and deemed insensitive. Tommy Mcardle, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022 When work tests your sobriety For anyone who is newly sober, boozy work functions—increasingly making a comeback in a pandemic-weary world—can be a test for the ages. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 26 July 2022 Senior citizens on a tight budget who scrimped and saved over the years are punished for their fiscal sobriety. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 July 2022 But the opportunity only arrived because of his sobriety. Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022 The 37-year-old television personality, who is the daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, took to social media on Friday (May 27) to share a heartfelt message on the first anniversary of her sobriety. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 28 May 2022 Lucas said Williams did well in the program and maintained his sobriety for years afterward. oregonlive, 27 May 2022 In her retelling, Heard said their relationship changed after Depp broke his sobriety after a period of abstaining from alcohol. Wilson Wong, NBC News, 6 May 2022 See More
Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022 Bower's statement about his sobriety appears to be in response to an old post Twitter users unearthed on the platform and deemed insensitive. Tommy Mcardle, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022 When work tests your sobriety For anyone who is newly sober, boozy work functions—increasingly making a comeback in a pandemic-weary world—can be a test for the ages. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 26 July 2022 Senior citizens on a tight budget who scrimped and saved over the years are punished for their fiscal sobriety. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 July 2022 But the opportunity only arrived because of his sobriety. Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022 The 37-year-old television personality, who is the daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, took to social media on Friday (May 27) to share a heartfelt message on the first anniversary of her sobriety. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 28 May 2022 Lucas said Williams did well in the program and maintained his sobriety for years afterward. oregonlive, 27 May 2022 In her retelling, Heard said their relationship changed after Depp broke his sobriety after a period of abstaining from alcohol. Wilson Wong, NBC News, 6 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English sobrete, from Anglo-French sobreté, from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas, from sobrius
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
sobriety
noun
1
as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling an abrupt sobriety fell over the group when they heard the news Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- intentness
- soberness
- gravity
- earnestness
- solemnness
- seriousness
- earnest
- decisiveness
- staidness
- solemnity
- attentiveness
- purposefulness
- graveness
- intensity
- deliberation
- resoluteness
- resolve
- serious-mindedness
- concentration
- gravitas
- humorlessness
- immersion
- determination
- absorption
- firmness
- engrossment
- enthrallment
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- frivolity
- levity
- flippancy
- lightness
- lightheartedness
- frivolousness
- facetiousness
- flightiness
- lightness
- superficiality
- play
- shallowness
- cheerfulness
- unseriousness
- gaiety
- dalliance
- dilettantism
- gayety
- mirth
- merriment
- glee
- high-spiritedness
2
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
- temperance
- abstinence
- discipline
- restraint
- continence
- self-abnegation
- self-denial
- forbearance
- asceticism
- self-mastery
- self-discipline
- austerity
- self-control
- self-command
- control
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hedonism
- gluttony
- greed
- sensuality
- self-indulgence
- rapacity
- voracity
- rapaciousness
- voraciousness
- sybaritism
- bitterly
- bittern
- bitterness
- bitternesses
- bitterns
- bitternut
- bitternut hickory
- bitternuts
- bitterroot
- Bitterroot Range
- bitterroots
- bitters
- bittersweet
- bittersweet orange
- bittersweet pink
- bittersweetly
- bittersweetness
- bittersweetnesses
- bittersweets
- bitterweed
- bitterweeds
- bitterwood
- bitterwoods
- bitterworm
- bitthead