Meanings
adjective
- Habitually drinking alcohol, but interested in becoming teetotal or in drinking less alcohol.
Nonalcoholic beer is having a renaissance. Booze-free cocktails are all the rage. But wine, that most rarefied of libations, has been a little slower to the sober-curious party.
2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post
Origin
Probably modelled on earlier bi-curious.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
sober-curious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sober-curious
MLA
“sober-curious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sober-curious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sober-curious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sober-curious.
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