SOMBER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SOMBER?

Need another word that means the same as “somber”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “somber” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Somber” are: drab, sober, sombre, melancholy

Somber as an Adjective

Definitions of "Somber" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “somber” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Grave or even gloomy in character.
• Lacking brightness or color; dull.

Synonyms of "Somber" as an adjective (4 Words)

drab	Of a dull light brown colour. Drab faded curtains.
melancholy	Having a feeling of melancholy sad and pensive. We acquainted him with the melancholy truth.
sober	Completely lacking in playfulness. His expression became sober.
sombre	Lacking brightness or color; dull. He looked at her with a sombre expression.

Usage Examples of "Somber" as an adjective

• A suit of somber black.
• Children in somber brown clothes.
• A somber mood.

Associations of "Somber" (30 Words)

blue	The blue ball in snooker billiards and similar games. He s feeling blue.
cheerless	Gloomy; depressing. Something cheerless about the room.
contemplative	A person devoted to the contemplative life. She regarded me with a contemplative eye.
dejected	Sad and depressed; dispirited. He stood in the street looking dejected.
depressed	(of an object or part of an object) in a lower position, having been pushed down. Depressed inner city areas.
depression	A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention. Self doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression.
despair	The complete loss or absence of hope. We should not despair.
despairing	Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope. The last despairing plea of the condemned criminal.
despondent	In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. She grew more and more despondent.
dismal	Pitifully or disgracefully bad. The first dismal dispiriting days of November.
dispirited	Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm. A dispirited and divided Party.
downcast	A shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation. A downcast glance.
dreary	Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive. A series of dreary dinner parties.
elegiac	Verses in an elegiac metre. Haunting and elegiac poems.
gloom	Be or look depressed or despondent. A year of economic gloom for the car industry.
gloomy	Depressingly dark. A gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps.
grieve	Cause great distress to (someone. It grieves me to think of you in that house alone.
grim	Depressing or worrying to consider. Took a grim view of the economy.
hopeless	Feeling or causing despair. He is a hopeless romantic.
joyless	Not experiencing or inspiring joy. She had to face the thought of a joyless future.
melancholy	Having a feeling of melancholy sad and pensive. We acquainted him with the melancholy truth.
mourning	The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief. She s still in mourning after the death of her husband.
pensive	Showing pensive sadness. A pensive mood.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad. A sad day for us all.
sadden	Make unhappy. He was greatly saddened by the death of his only son.
sadness	Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being. A source of great sadness.
sorry	Without merit; of little or no value or use. A sorry state of affairs.
sullen	Showing a brooding ill humor. A sullen crowd.
unhappy	Not happy. Unhappy with her raise.
wistful	Showing pensive sadness. The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty.