Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sober
Participle: sobered
Gerund: sobering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sober |
| you | sober |
| he;she;it | sobers |
| we | sober |
| you | sober |
| they | sober |
Perfect
| I | have sobered |
| you | have sobered |
| he;she;it | has sobered |
| we | have sobered |
| you | have sobered |
| they | have sobered |
Past
| I | sobered |
| you | sobered |
| he;she;it | sobered |
| we | sobered |
| you | sobered |
| they | sobered |
Pluperfect
| I | had sobered |
| you | had sobered |
| he;she;it | had sobered |
| we | had sobered |
| you | had sobered |
| they | had sobered |
Future
| I | will sober |
| you | will sober |
| he;she;it | will sober |
| we | will sober |
| you | will sober |
| they | will sober |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sobered |
| you | will have sobered |
| he;she;it | will have sobered |
| we | will have sobered |
| you | will have sobered |
| they | will have sobered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sober |
| you | sober |
| he;she;it | sober |
| we | sober |
| you | sober |
| they | sober |
Perfect
| I | have sobered |
| you | have sobered |
| he;she;it | have sobered |
| we | have sobered |
| you | have sobered |
| they | have sobered |
Imperfect
| I | sobered |
| you | sobered |
| he;she;it | sobered |
| we | sobered |
| you | sobered |
| they | sobered |
Pluperfect
| I | had sobered |
| you | had sobered |
| he;she;it | had sobered |
| we | had sobered |
| you | had sobered |
| they | had sobered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sober |
| you | would sober |
| he;she;it | would sober |
| we | would sober |
| you | would sober |
| they | would sober |
Perfect
| I | would have sobered |
| you | would have sobered |
| he;she;it | would have sobered |
| we | would have sobered |
| you | would have sobered |
| they | would have sobered |
Imperative
| you | sober |
| we | Let's sober |
| you | sober |
Verbs conjugated like 'sober'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sober'
saber,
soder,
soger,
somber,
amber,
assober,
bobar,
bower,
comber,
cover,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sober, from Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius, from se- (“without”) + ebrius (“intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”). In the sense "not drunk," displaced native undrunken, from Old English undruncen.
Sample Sentences
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His expression sobered.
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There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, / And drinking largely sobers us again. [1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism:]
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The night air may have sobered him a bit by the time they got back to Beattock. [1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:]
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It took him hours to sober up.
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Losing his job was a sobering experience.