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PRONUNCIATION OF SOBER-HEADED

sober-headed  [ˌsəʊbəˈhedɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOBER-HEADED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sober-Headed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOBER-HEADED


blockheaded
ˈblɒkˌhedɪd
breaded
ˈbredɪd
cool-headed
ˌkuːlˈhedɪd
eddied
ˈedɪd
fatheaded
ˌfætˈhedɪd
hammerheaded
ˈhæməˌhedɪd
imbedded
ɪmˈbedɪd
knuckleheaded
ˈnʌkəlˌhedɪd
redded
ˈredɪd
shredded
ˈʃredɪd
tedded
ˈtedɪd
undreaded
ʌnˈdredɪd
woodenheaded
ˈwʊdənˌhedɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOBER-HEADED

sob
sob sister
sob story
sob stuff
sobbed
sobber
sobbing
sobbingly
sobeit
sober
sober-minded
sobering
soberingly
soberize
soberly
soberness
Sobers
sobersided
sobersidedness
sobersides

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOBER-HEADED

baldheaded
bareheaded
beaded
big-headed
boneheaded
bull-headed
clear-headed
empty-headed
hard-headed
headed
hot-headed
leaded
level-headed
light-headed
loaded
pig-headed
red-headed
towheaded
unleaded
white-headed
wrong-headed

Synonyms and antonyms of sober-headed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sober-headed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOBER-HEADED

Find out the translation of sober-headed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sober-headed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sober-headed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

清醒的头脑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- sobrio encabezada
570 millions of speakers

English

sober-headed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

- शांत अध्यक्षता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرصين التي يرأسها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трезвый , возглавляемых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sober -headed
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রশান্ত কেশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sobre tête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketuhanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nüchtern -headed
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

- しらふ頭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

- 깨어 향했다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sober-headed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tỉnh táo đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குடிக்காமல் தலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शांत डोक्याचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

-Ayık kafalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sobrio testa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzeźwy -headed
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тверезий , очолюваних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sobru capete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νηφάλιος - με επικεφαλής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bezadigd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nykter hövdade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

edru -ledet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sober-headed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOBER-HEADED»

The term «sober-headed» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.209 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOBER-HEADED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sober-headed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sober-headed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sober-headed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOBER-HEADED»

Discover the use of sober-headed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sober-headed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Preaching in the New Creation: The Promise of New Testament ...
[6] So therefore, let us not sleep like the rest, but be wide-eyed and sober-headed . [7] For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, drink at night. [ 8] But let us, who are of the day, be sober- headed, wearing the breastplate of ...
David Schnasa Jacobsen, 1999
2
Bradt Travel Guide the Amazon: The Bradt Travel Guide
The more sober-headed might want to listen to some excellent and thriving local jazz at Thelonius (20 de Octubre between Fernando Guachalla & Rosendo Gutierrez). And if you're looking to sit and chat, try the pub- Style Pig & Whistle ( Goitia ...
Roger Harris, Peter Hutchison, 2007
3
Renascence
Let me tell you, all that metallic bangety-bong was hard enough to tolerate sober headed, but when you've got Lulus rompin' in your brain, it was like the noise reverberated, grew louder an' more obnox as the echoes multiply. I was truly ...
P. D. Skelton
4
China Live: People Power and the Television Revolution
With soldiers patrolling outside, I was as sober-headed as I could be, but I appreciated Ghulam's hospitality and his insights about the savage mood of the local citizens toward the Soviets and their Afghan allies. During the next few days , Joe ...
Mike Chinoy, 1999
5
Peru and Bolivia
The more sober headed might want to listen to some excellent and thriving local jazz at Thelonius on 20 de Octubre between Fernando Guachalla and Rosendo Gutierrez. MAPS, EQUIPMENT AND GUIDES Hiking maps Bolivia used to ...
Hilary Bradt, Kathy Jarvis, 2002
6
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Evil-minded and — worse than that — sober-headed persons in both countries, pretended that they saw interested motives in every action of the lives of those two illustrious men ; and, vexed and harassed by the opposition be experienced,  ...
‎1841
7
Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern ...
... what a Woman would call, a sweet, pretty head, to be good for much. It is the expression of the horse's countenance which constitutes his chief charm, and there are many sober-headed horses who, without being handsome, show this all ...
‎1871
8
Annual Report
It is the expression of the horse's countenance which constitutes his chief charm, and there are many sober-headed horses who, without being handsome, show this all but speaking intelligence in a very remarkable degree. The jowl should ...
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 1872
9
The lieutenant, and the crooked midshipman, by a naval ...
... watch, an old sober-headed passed midshipman of about forty years of age, were not much better. The smell of the spiced wine — the fumes of 292 AUNT MARGARET ; OR,
Augustus Collingridge, 1844
10
Remains of the Late John Tweddell
But that is not the question at present and in the case of I certainly think that if you could meet with a sober-headed and good-hearted man, a man of temperate feelings and gentlemanlike habits, with a competency of knowledge, not merely in ...
John Tweddell, Robert Tweddell, 1815

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOBER-HEADED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sober-headed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A strange recovery
The sober-headed will not celebrate that trend. Young people—nicknamed “generation rent”—find it ever harder to buy a home. To address this, in 2013 the ... «The Economist, Apr 15»
2
A Franco of Our Very Own: Phillies 4, Braves 0
Now that we have the silly game out of the way, let's talk about Maikel Franco. He lived up to almost all of the sober-headed scouting reports I've read about him. «The Good Phight, Sep 14»
3
Stile: Christie gets back in the ring with unions for pension fight
... negative image of Christie as the bully in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal with the sober-headed, responsible “adult in the room” forced to ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 14»
4
Quote of the Day
To be fair, the city is aware of how much of a buzzkill this sober-headed assessment of the festival is. Said the city's manager of music and entertainment, “We're ... «Texas Monthly, May 14»
5
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg To Pit Nintendo Vs. Sega In Console …
... and This Is The End. While not without its comedic elements, this battle suggests a sober-headed view of a corporate titan trying to hang onto relevance, and a ... «Cinema Blend, Feb 14»
6
Venezuela Names Third Central Bank President This Year
... said Jose Manuel Puente, public policy professor at the Institute of Advanced Administrative Studies in Caracas. “He's a pragmatic and sober-headed man.” ... «Bloomberg, Aug 13»
7
Xi Jinping, China's Chief, Stuck in the Middle
It said that the Party had identified seven points of ideology that at the present time required “intense struggle” and whose “complexity” required “sober-headed ... «The Epoch Times, Jun 13»
8
Review: 'Graceland' Mashes Together Suspense Thriller With …
“Graceland” is paced like a conventional thriller, though it's ill-prepared to shift from an all-odds-against-me thriller into a sober-headed examination of child ... «Indie Wire, Apr 13»
9
Robbie Williams ~ Candy (Live X Factor UK)
... those days He knew sex and drugs wildly and it was really a miracle of JESUS when Robbie came back sober-headed to stages in 2000 (when promoting the ... «YouTube, Oct 12»
10
Was the GIHOC Divestiture Tenable?
Maybe some sober-headed somebody ought to remind the leading member of the Trokosi Wing of the NDC that it was none other than Togbui Avaklasu I (aka ... «Vibe Ghana, Oct 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sober-Headed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sober-headed>. May 2024 ».
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