Moderate

Definition:

  • (a.) Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
  • (a.) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
  • (a.) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.
  • (a.) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist.
  • (a.) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.
  • (a.) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.
  • (a.) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.
  • (a.) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind.
  • (n.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
  • (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.
  • (v. t.) To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.
  • (v. i.) To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
  • (v. i.) To preside as a moderator.

Compare moderate with other words:

moderate vs. moderated

general vs. moderate

gentle vs. moderate

moderate vs. significant

appropriate vs. moderate

acceptable vs. moderate

attenuate vs. moderate

moderate vs. obvious

moderate vs. steadying

low vs. moderate

moderate vs. steady

moderate vs. subdue

minimal vs. moderate

many vs. moderate

facilitate vs. moderate

fairish vs. moderate

aslake vs. moderate

contemperate vs. moderate

moderate vs. proper

dogmatic vs. moderate

moderate vs. scarce

mediocre vs. moderate

frugality vs. moderate

heavy vs. moderate

average vs. moderate

moderate vs. severe

alleviate vs. moderate

mobile vs. moderate

marked vs. moderate

marginal vs. moderate

mediate vs. moderate

mild vs. moderate

drastic vs. moderate

moderate vs. somewhat

moderate vs. standard

judicious vs. moderate

medium vs. moderate

moderate vs. polonaise

abstain vs. moderate

harsh vs. moderate

mitigate vs. moderate

moderate vs. tolerable

extortionate vs. moderate

moderate vs. temperament

moder vs. moderate

moderate vs. trim

moderate vs. temper

moderate vs. palliate

intransigent vs. moderate

moderate vs. warmth

moderate vs. ordinary

cordial vs. moderate

moderate vs. temperance

model vs. moderate

modality vs. moderate

modal vs. moderate

moderate vs. moderating

chair vs. moderate

arbitrate vs. moderate

moderate vs. temperate

compromise vs. moderate

moderate vs. moderator

moderate vs. preside

moderate vs. politics

moderate vs. moderateness

moderate vs. moderately

moderate vs. moderation

excessive vs. moderate

moderate vs. sober

moderate vs. slack

mod vs. moderate

acidulate vs. moderate

moderate vs. quite

conservative vs. moderate

moderate vs. moderato

moderate vs. qualify

mode vs. moderate

breeze vs. moderate

moderate vs. something

damp vs. moderate

extreme vs. moderate

gain vs. moderate

dull vs. moderate

moderate vs. wet

moderate vs. slow

intermediate vs. moderate

moderate vs. modest

andante vs. moderate

abate vs. moderate