sober+down
11sober — 01. He may look [sober], but he is actually so drunk he can hardly walk straight. 02. According to experts, coffee does not help to [sober] up a drunk person, and in fact, may increase the effects of the alcohol. 03. You d better wait until you… …
12down-to-earth — adjective sensible and practical has a straightforward down to earth approach to a problem her earthy common sense • Syn: ↑earthy • Similar to: ↑realistic * * * adj commonsense, commonsensical, hard headed, matter of fact, mundane, no nonsense,… …
13sober — adj 1. not intoxicated or drunk, temperate, teetotal, Inf. sworn off, Sl. on the wagon or water wagon, Brit. on the water cart; prohibitionary, U.S. dry, blue ribbon. 2. abstemious, habitually abstinent, nonindulgent; moderate, self restrained,… …
14sober — adj. & n. adj. (soberer, soberest) 1 not affected by alcohol. 2 not given to excessive drinking of alcohol. 3 moderate, well balanced, tranquil, sedate. 4 not fanciful or exaggerated (the sober truth). 5 (of a colour etc.) quiet and inconspicuous …
15sober — adjective 1) the driver was clearly sober Syn: clear headed, teetotal, abstinent, dry; informal on the wagon 2) a sober view of life Syn: serious, solemn, sensible, grave, sombre, level headed …
16sober — Synonyms and related words: Quaker colored, Spartan, abstaining, abstentious, abstinent, acier, aristocratic, ascetic, ashen, ashy, august, austere, awe inspiring, balanced, bald, bare, blackish, bland, calm, candid, canescent, cinereous,… …
17sober — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. grave, quiet, sedate, staid, serious; abstemious; drab, plain, severe, unadorned; calm, moderate; thoughtful; subdued; inconspicuous; demure; earnest; solemn, somber. See moderation, inexcitability …
18down-to-earth — Synonyms and related words: earthy, hard, hard boiled, hardheaded, matter, matter of fact, positivistic, practical, practical minded, pragmatic, pragmatical, rational, realist, realistic, reasonable, sane, scientific, scientistic, secular,… …
19down-to-earth — adjective I guess we weren t expecting the son of those weirdos to be so charming and down to earth Syn: practical, sensible, realistic, matter of fact, responsible, reasonable, rational, logical, balanced, sober, pragmatic, levelheaded,… …
20down-to-earth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sensible, practical. See simpleness, possibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sensible, practical, pragmatic, unpretentious; see practical , rational 1 , unaffected 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
