What does soberer mean?
Soberer means comparative form of sober: more sober.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
comparative form of sober: more sober.
I was once very mischievous—I am not so now, age is a sad soberer of frolic fancies […]
[…] business, as we know, is the great soberer of theorists, no matter on what side they theorize.
[…] love is an intoxicant, marriage the most effective of soberers.
One evening I stayed with him very late to celebrate the birthday of his favorite actress, and for once he was slightly the worse for liquor. […] We drove off together, arranging that I should drop him at his flat and drive on to my house. When we reached Haymarket I suggested that we should stop at one of the all-night chemists and buy him one of the mixtures known as “soberers.”
Use soberer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Soberer means comparative form of sober: more sober.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I was once very mischievous—I am not so now, age is a sad soberer of frolic fancies […]
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