| Main Entry: | grave |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | serious; gloomy |
Synonyms: |
cold sober, deadpan, dignified, dour, dull, earnest, grim, grim-faced, heavy, leaden, long-faced, meaningful, muted, no-nonsense, ponderous, quiet, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, staid, strictly business, subdued, thoughtful, unsmiling |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, frivolous, funny, happy, ridiculous, silly |
| Main Entry: | on the wagon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not drinking alcohol |
Synonyms: |
abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, cold sober, dry, drying out, free of alcohol, nonindulgent, not drinking, not drunk, not partaking of alcohol, period of abstinence, restrained, sober, stone cold sober, sworn off, took the pledge, unintoxicated |
| Main Entry: | sedate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
Synonyms: |
cold sober, composed, cool, cool as cucumber, decorous, deliberate, demure, dignified, dispassionate, earnest, grave, imperturbable, laid-back*, no-nonsense, placid, proper, quiet, seemly, serene, serious, sober, solemn, somber, staid, steady, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled |
Antonyms: |
agitated, excitable, excited, lively, upset |
| Main Entry: | serious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | somber, humorless |
Synonyms: |
austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, contemplative, deadpan, deliberate, determined, downbeat, earnest, funereal, genuine, go for broke, grave, grim, honest, intent, long-faced, meditative, no-nonsense, pensive, pokerfaced, reflective, resolute, resolved, sedate, set, severe, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, steady, stern, thoughtful, unhumorous, unsmiling, weighty |
Antonyms: |
flippant, funny, happy, light |
| Main Entry: | sober |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not partaking of alcohol |
Synonyms: |
abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, calm, clear-headed, cold sober, continent, controlled, dry, moderate, nonindulgent, not drunk, on the wagon, restrained, sedate, self-possessed, serious, steady, temperate, took the pledge |
Antonyms: |
drunk, inebriated |
| Main Entry: | solemn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet, serious |
Synonyms: |
austere, brooding, cold sober, deliberate, dignified, downbeat, earnest, funereal, glum, grave, heavy, intense, matter of life and death, moody, no fooling, no-nonsense, pensive, portentous, reflective, sedate, sober, somber, staid, stern, thoughtful, weighty |
Antonyms: |
frivolous, funny, laughing, light |
| Main Entry: | staid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restrained, set |
Synonyms: |
calm, cold sober, collected, composed, cool, decorous, demure, dignified, earnest, formal, grave, no-nonsense, quiet, sedate, self-restrained, serious, settled, sober, solemn, somber, starchy, steady, stuffy, weighty |
Antonyms: |
adventurous, frivolous, fun, sporting, willing |
| Main Entry: | sobersided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | serious |
Synonyms: |
austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, contemplative, deadpan, deliberate, determined, downbeat, earnest, funereal, genuine, go for broke, grave, grim, honest, in earnest, intent, long-faced, meditative, no-nonsense, pensive, pokerfaced, reflective, resolute, resolved, sedate, set, severe, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, steady, stern, thoughtful, unhumorous, unsmiling, weighty |