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| Main Entry: | sober |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not partaking of alcohol |
| Synonyms: | abstemious, ascetic, calm, continent, dry, moderate, on the wagon*, restrained, sedate, self-possessed, serious, steady, temperate, abstaining, abstinent, clear-headed, cold sober, controlled, nonindulgent, not drunk, took the pledge |
| Antonyms: | drunk, inebriated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sober |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, peaceful; dull |
| Synonyms: | cold, collected, composed, cool, dark, dispassionate, down-to-earth*, drab, earnest, grave, hard-boiled*, imperturbable, inhibited, levelheaded, low-key, lucid, no-nonsense, pacific, plain, practical, quiet, rational, realistic, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sedate, serene, serious, severe, soft, solemn, somber, sound, staid, steady, subdued, unruffled, abnegating, abstaining, clear-headed, constrained, disciplined, eschewing, forgoing, toned down, unexcited, unimpassioned |
| Antonyms: | excited, immoderate, irrational |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstemious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restraining behavior or appetite |
| Synonyms: | ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, restrained, sober, sparing, temperate, abstinent, moderating, self-denying, self-restrained |
| Antonyms: | gluttonous, greedy, hungry |
| Main Entry: | careful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious; painstaking |
| Synonyms: | accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, going to great lengths, playing safe, selfdisciplined |
| Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, unconcerned, unscrupulous, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo |
| Synonyms: | bourgeois, constant, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fuddy-duddy*, guarded, hard hat, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road*, obstinate, old guard*, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, unchangeable, unchanging, unimaginative, Tory, controlled, fogyish, hidebound, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old line, right of center, traditionalistic, uncreative, undaring, unprogressive, white bread |
| Antonyms: | exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | continent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaste, pure |
| Synonyms: | abstemious, ascetic, austere, celibate, inhibited, modest, restrained, sober, temperate, abstentious, abstinent, bridled, curbed, self-restrained |
| Antonyms: | impure, incontinent, unchaste |
| Main Entry: | demure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved, affected |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, blushing, close, coy, decorous, diffident, earnest, humble, modest, nice, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, reticent, retiring, sedate, serious, shy, silent, skittish, sober, solemn, staid, strait-laced, timid, unassuming, unassertive, unassured |
| Notes: | demur is the verb 'to object or voice opposition' while demure is the adjective meaning 'modest, shy' |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, extroverted, outgoing, shameless, strong |
| Main Entry: | dispassionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, impartial |
| Synonyms: | abstract, aloof, calm, candid, cold-blooded, cold-fish, collected, composed, cool, cool cat, couldn't care less, detached, disinterested, fair, iceberg, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, judicial, just, laid back, moderate, neutral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, poker-faced*, quiet, serene, sober, temperate, tough, unbiased, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unflappable, uninvolved, unmoved, unprejudiced, unruffled |
| Antonyms: | biased, emotional, excited, feeling, involved, moved, partial, passionate, prejudiced, subjective |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | down-to-earth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable, practical |
| Synonyms: | common, easy, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, pragmatic, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, sober, commonsense, hardboiled, plainspoken, unfantastic, unidealistic, unsentimental |
| Antonyms: | excitable, excited, impractical, unreasonable, unsensible |
| Main Entry: | emphatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insistent, unequivocal |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assertive, assured, categorical, certain, cogent, confident, decided, definite, definitive, determined, direct, distinct, dogmatic, dynamic, earnest, energetic, explicit, express, flat, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, marked, momentous, pointed, positive, potent, powerful, pronounced, significant, sober, solemn, striking, strong, sure, telling, trenchant, unmistakable, vigorous, accented, for a face, no mistake, resounding, stressed |
| Antonyms: | equivocal, indefinite, indistinct, insignificant, reserved, understated, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | hard-nosed/hardheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | astute, bullheaded*, hard*, hard-boiled*, headstrong, intractable, levelheaded, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute, sensible, shrewd, sober, stand pat, tough, unyielding, willful, locked in, tough-nut, unsentimental |
| Antonyms: | easy, laid-back, merciful, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | judicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | accurate, acute, astute, calculating, careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, efficacious, enlightened, expedient, far-sighted, informed, judicial, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sober, sophisticated, sound, thorough, wary, well-advised, worldly-wise, clear-sighted, well-judged |
| Antonyms: | foolish, hasty, idiotic, injudicious, irrational, nonsensical, reckless, senseless, thoughtless, unwise |
| Main Entry: | low-key |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subdued |
| Synonyms: | easygoing, laid-back*, loose, muffled, quiet, restrained, sober, subtle, low-pitched, muted, played down, relaxed, soft-sell, softened, toned down, understated |
| Antonyms: | high-strung, nervous, energized, high-key, pumped up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | matter-of-fact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, unembellished |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, calm, cold, cold-blooded*, deadpan, down-to-earth*, dry, dull, earthy, emotionless, factual, feasible, flat, hard-boiled*, impassive, impersonal, lifeless, mundane, naked*, objective, phlegmatic, plain, practical, pragmatic, prosaic, serious, sober, stoic, stolid, unaffected, unimaginative, unvarnished, prosy, unidealistic, unimpassioned, unsentimental |
| Antonyms: | emotional, imaginative, lively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | on the wagon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not drinking alcohol |
| Synonyms: | abstemious, dry, restrained, sober, abstaining, abstinent, cold sober, drying out, free of alcohol, nonindulgent, not drinking, not drunk, not partaking of alcohol, period of abstinence, stone cold sober, sworn off, took the pledge, unintoxicated |
| Main Entry: | pensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meditative, solemn |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, abstracted, attentive, contemplative, dreamy, grave, musing, preoccupied, reflective, serious, sober, speculative, thinking, thoughtful, wistful, withdrawn, cogitative, pondering, reflecting, ruminating, ruminative |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, shallow |
| Main Entry: | pragmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sensible |
| Synonyms: | businesslike, down-to-earth, efficient, hard, hard-boiled*, hardheaded*, logical, matter-of-fact, practical, realistic, sober, utilitarian, commonsensical, unidealistic |
| Antonyms: | idealistic, unreasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic; of sound mind |
| Synonyms: | analytical, balanced, calm, cerebral, circumspect, collected, cool*, deliberate, discerning, discriminating, enlightened, far-sighted, impartial, intellectual, intelligent, judicious, knowing, levelheaded, logical, lucid, normal, objective, perspicacious, prudent, reasonable, reasoning, reflective, sagacious, sane, sensible, sober, sound, stable, synthetic, thinking, thoughtful, together, well-advised, wise, all there, cognitive, deductive, philosophic, ratiocinative |
| Antonyms: | irrational, ridiculous, unrealistic, unreasonable, unsound |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally sound; reasonable |
| Synonyms: | all there, balanced, both oars in water, commonsensical, compos mentis, discerning, fair-minded, fit, having all marbles, healthy, in one's right mind, intelligent, judicious, levelheaded, logical, lucid, moderate, normal, of sound mind, oriented, playing with full deck, prudent, rational, right, right-minded, sagacious, sage, sapient, self-possessed, sensible, sober, sound, steady, together*, well, wise |
| Antonyms: | crazy, insane, unreasonable, unsound, unstable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sedate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
| Synonyms: | composed, cool, 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, cold sober, cool as cucumber |
| Antonyms: | agitated, excitable, excited, lively, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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