Synonyms for sobriety
Most common
seriousness gravity soberness solemnity temperance abstinence
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Seriousness
seriousness, gravity, soberness, solemnity, thoughtfulness, graveness, abstemiousness, somberness US, sombreness UK, demureness, staidness, sedateness
2. Temperance
temperance, abstinence, calmness, continence, moderation, coolness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of being sober.
He celebrated five years of sobriety.
- n. 2
The quality or state of being sober. The quality or state of not being intoxicated.
Forms
- Plural
- sobrieties → seriousnesses, gravities, sobernesses, solemnities…
Choose the right word
Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- seriousness I am well aware of the seriousness of the situation.
- abstinence The church teaches abstinence before marriage.
- temperance We ought to look to temperance, the leader of all virtue.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sobriety | rising | |
| seriousness | steady | |
| solemnity | steady | |
| soberness | steady | |
| graveness | steady | |
| abstinence | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- gravity3, dryness2
- 8 letters
- calmness2, coolness2
- 9 letters
- solemnity4, soberness, graveness, staidness
- 10 letters
- moderation4, abstinence3, temperance3, continence, somberness, sombreness, demureness, sedateness
- 11 letters
- seriousness4
- 14 letters
- thoughtfulness3, abstemiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gravity3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sobriété
- Italiano
- sobrietà
- Español
- sobriedad
- Deutsch
- Enthaltsamkeit