- soberness
- noun1. the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol• Syn: ↑sobriety• Ant: ↑drunkenness• Derivationally related forms: ↑sober• Hypernyms: ↑temporary state2. a manner that is serious and solemn• Syn: ↑graveness, ↑gravity, ↑sobriety, ↑somberness, ↑sombreness• Derivationally related forms: ↑sombre (for: ↑sombreness), ↑somber (for: ↑somberness), ↑sober, ↑grave (for: ↑gravity), ↑grave (for: ↑graveness)• Hypernyms: ↑seriousness, ↑earnestness, ↑serious-mindedness, ↑sincerity• Hyponyms: ↑stodginess, ↑stuffiness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.