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Synonyms for moderate
ˈmɒd ər ɪt, ˈmɒd rɪt; -əˌreɪtmod·er·ate
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Wiktionary
moderateverb
moderateverb
To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
moderateverb
Mediocre
The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches
moderateverb
Average priced; standard-deal
moderateadjective
Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
moderate
The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
abate, decline, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, reduce, subsideAntonyms:
aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revivePreposition:
Abate in fury; abated by law.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
moderate
Synonyms:
control, soften, allay, regulate, repress, govern, temperAntonyms:
disturb, disorganize, excite, misconductmoderateadjective
Synonyms:
limited, temperate, calm, dispassionate, sober, abstinent, sparing, steady, ordinaryAntonyms:
extravagant, intemperate, rigorous, excessive, violent, extraordinary
Princeton's WordNet
centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationistadjective
a person who takes a position in the political center
Synonyms:
moderationist, middle of the roader, centristAntonyms:
overstated, excessive, intemperate, undue, usurious, outrageous, unconscionable, immoderate, overdone, sinful, exorbitant, ultra, extraordinary, extreme, over-the-top, inordinate, extortionate, abnormal, radical, stark, extremist, intense, far, unreasonable, steep, exaggerated, all-firedmoderateadjective
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
"moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
Synonyms:
restrained, temperateAntonyms:
usurious, intemperate, extraordinary, all-fired, overstated, radical, extortionate, immoderate, unreasonable, outrageous, extreme, stark, overdone, exaggerated, excessive, extremist, ultra, inordinate, steep, over-the-top, unconscionable, abnormal, far, intense, sinful, exorbitant, unduemoderate, temperateadjective
not extreme
"a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
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restrained, temperateAntonyms:
radical, far, usurious, all-fired, overstated, overdone, unconscionable, immoderate, extreme, abnormal, stark, intense, exorbitant, undue, unreasonable, inordinate, ultra, extraordinary, outrageous, exaggerated, extortionate, over-the-top, excessive, sinful, intemperate, steep, extremistmoderate, restrainedverb
marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
"moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"
Synonyms:
restrained, quiet, unemotional, temperate, guarded, reticentAntonyms:
undue, steep, sinful, radical, outrageous, excessive, extreme, stark, immoderate, unreasonable, intemperate, extraordinary, exaggerated, far, inordinate, over-the-top, overstated, extortionate, usurious, abnormal, overdone, ultra, extremist, all-fired, unconscionable, exorbitant, intensemoderate, chair, leadverb
preside over
"John moderated the discussion"
Synonyms:
lead, temper, run, mince, hold in, tame, precede, result, chairman, control, chair, hold, guide, check, soften, tone down, direct, extend, top, head, conduce, take, pass, leave, conduct, contribute, chasten, go, curb, containAntonyms:
exorbitant, extreme, stark, overstated, intemperate, steep, usurious, outrageous, unreasonable, all-fired, over-the-top, excessive, far, extremist, extraordinary, unconscionable, inordinate, immoderate, exaggerated, ultra, extortionate, abnormal, radical, intense, sinful, undue, overdonemoderateverb
make less fast or intense
"moderate your speed"
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curb, chair, soften, chasten, tame, temper, lead, hold in, tone down, check, contain, control, hold, minceAntonyms:
unreasonable, immoderate, steep, extremist, abnormal, extreme, sinful, far, intense, stark, exaggerated, overdone, inordinate, intemperate, excessive, radical, unconscionable, usurious, overstated, all-fired, outrageous, exorbitant, extraordinary, extortionate, undue, ultra, over-the-topcontrol, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderateverb
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
"moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
Synonyms:
crack, ensure, mark, hold in, jibe, verify, gibe, mince, make, declare, lead, tick off, view as, carry, book, operate, concur, have, maintain, master, hold, sustain, learn, checker, check out, match, stamp down, conquer, retain, stop, nurse, defy, condition, assure, tame, cut back, guard, prevail, manipulate, comprise, break, suss out, check off, withstand, adjudge, suppress, accommodate, curb, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, harbour, insure, soften, go over, reserve, check, hold back, give, take hold, train, go for, see, conceal, take, deem, incorporate, support, find out, obtain, discipline, apply, chasten, check over, restrict, bind, tone down, have got, entertain, subdue, temper, correspond, command, restrain, keep, concord, keep back, oblige, fit, throw, keep in line, arrest, check into, tally, enclose, contain, bear, inhibit, determine, hold up, retard, take for, turn back, harbor, chequer, delay, watch, defend, see to it, confine, chair, admit, curtail, tick, halt, obligate, agree, mark offAntonyms:
steep, extortionate, inordinate, overdone, immoderate, extreme, abnormal, unconscionable, exorbitant, sinful, usurious, intense, undue, extraordinary, overstated, all-fired, excessive, ultra, outrageous, radical, unreasonable, far, stark, exaggerated, extremist, intemperate, over-the-topmince, soften, moderateverb
make less severe or harsh
"He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
Synonyms:
lead, temper, curb, mince, hold in, tame, relent, control, soften, hold, cushion, check, break, weaken, tone down, yield, buffer, damp, dampen, chasten, chair, containAntonyms:
overstated, extremist, over-the-top, far, ultra, overdone, excessive, all-fired, unconscionable, outrageous, immoderate, exorbitant, stark, extortionate, steep, extraordinary, intense, intemperate, radical, unreasonable, extreme, undue, sinful, exaggerated, abnormal, usurious, inordinatetone down, moderate, tameverb
make less strong or intense; soften
"Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
Synonyms:
lead, temper, muffle, mince, hold in, tame, cultivate, mute, domesticize, naturalise, control, chair, hold, reclaim, naturalize, check, domesticate, soften, tone down, domesticise, damp, dampen, chasten, curb, dull, subdue, containAntonyms:
exorbitant, all-fired, usurious, sinful, undue, far, unconscionable, excessive, ultra, over-the-top, steep, intemperate, inordinate, outrageous, abnormal, extraordinary, radical, exaggerated, unreasonable, immoderate, extreme, extortionate, intense, overdone, stark, extremist, overstatedchasten, moderate, temperverb
restrain
Synonyms:
lead, temper, mince, hold in, tame, anneal, control, objurgate, hold, castigate, correct, curb, harden, soften, tone down, mollify, chastise, check, chasten, normalize, chair, season, subdue, containAntonyms:
intemperate, overdone, extreme, outrageous, far, all-fired, undue, radical, stark, usurious, unreasonable, steep, exorbitant, abnormal, unconscionable, intense, extortionate, sinful, inordinate, extremist, excessive, overstated, over-the-top, extraordinary, immoderate, exaggerated, ultra
Editors Contribution
alleviate
etymologically, to alleviate is to lift a burden toward oneself, and so lighten it for the bearer; to relieve is to lift it back from the bearer, nearly or quite away; to remove is to take it away altogether. alleviate is thus less than relieve; relieve, ordinarily, less than remove. we alleviate, relieve or remove the trouble; we relieve, not alleviate, the sufferer. assuage is, by derivation, to sweeten; mitigate, to make mild; moderate, to bring within measure; abate, to beat down, and so make less. we abate a fever; lessen anxiety; moderate passions or desires; lighten burdens; mitigate or alleviate pain; reduce inflammation;[34] soften, a ssuage, or moderate grief; we lighten or mitigate punishments; we relieve any suffering of body or mind that admits of help, comfort, or remedy. alleviate has been often confused with allay. compare allay.
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
moderateadjective
Synonyms:
temperate, sparing, frugal, not excessivemoderateadjective
Synonyms:
cheap, unexpensivemoderateadjective
Synonyms:
reasonable, judicious, deliberate, cool, mild, not extreme, not violentmoderateverb
Synonyms:
assuage, soothe, allay, mitigate, soften, mollify, appease, temper, attemper, quiet, quell, still, pacify, repress, subdue, abate, reduce, lessen, dull, blunt
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
moderateadjective
Synonyms:
sparing, temperate, frugal, reasonable, calm, deliberate, temperate, mild, clement, open, mediocre mediumAntonyms:
immoderatemoderateverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "moderate":
moderates, modest, moderately, mild, moderated, centrist, average, temperate, medium, moderation, restrained, moderate-income, gentle, measured
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How to use moderate in a sentence?
Our air force operation is continuing in Syria, it is not a secret for anyone that the continuing mingling in places of the so-called moderate opposition with Al-Nusra is a really serious problem.
What concerns me most is that we didn't anticipate these temperature jumps, we predicted moderate warmth for 2016, but nothing like the temperature rises we've seen.
As long as the President just has mild to moderate symptoms, I wouldn't expect any major shifts in either how our national security apparatus operates or the actions of our adversaries.
As inflation continues to moderate, mortgage rates declined again this week, rates are at their lowest level since September of last year, boosting both homebuyer demand and home builder sentiment. Declining rates are providing a much-needed boost to the housing market, but the supply of homes remains a persistent concern.
While there are risks such as overseas developments, we expect the economy to head toward a moderate recovery thanks to the effect of the various (stimulus) steps taken so far.
Translations for moderate
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- معتدلArabic
- moderatCatalan, Valencian
- moderovat, mírnýCzech
- moderieren, moderatGerman
- moderar, mediocre, moderado, moderadaSpanish
- tasoittaa, keskinkertainen, tasaantua, juontaa, sovitella, tasoittua, vaatimaton, kohtalainen, kohtuullistaa, moderoida, maltillinen, kohtuullinenFinnish
- modérée, modéré, modérerFrench
- réasúntaIrish
- cuibheasachScottish Gaelic
- मध्यमHindi
- moderato, moderareItalian
- gematigd, doorsnee, milderen, matigen, gematigde, modereren, temperen, middelmatig, bemiddelen, matigDutch
- umiarkowanyPolish
- moderadoPortuguese
- mijlocie, moderată, modera, moderat, mediu, mijlociu, centrist, centristă, mediocră, mediocruRomanian
- средний, умеренный, посредственный, заурядныйRussian
- மிதமானTamil
- మోస్తరుTelugu
- ılımlıTurkish
- помірнийUkrainian
- اعتدال پسندUrdu
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