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moderateadjective avoiding extremes in behavior or expressionhe was only a moderate drinker, generally stopping after a couple of glasses of wine temperate controlled, curbed, disciplined, inhibited, restrained, self-controlled, self-denying, self-disciplinedcalculated, deliberate, measuredlevelheaded, rational, reasonable, sensibleaverage, mediocre, medium, modest, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine(or run-of-mine), so-sonormal, ordinary, regular, routine, typical, usual immoderate, intemperate excessive, extreme, inordinate, radicalirrational, unreasonable, unreasoningextremist, fanatic(or fanatical), rabidunbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, unrestrained avoiding major social change or extreme political ideasthe principal's moderate position on cell phones is that students can use them at school but only for emergencies central, centrist, middle-of-the-road conventional, nonrevolutionary, orthodox, traditionallevelheaded, rational, reasonable, sensibleneutral extremist, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra excessiveconservative, reactionary, rightistleftist, liberal, progressivefanatic(or fanatical), rabid, subversive, violentagitating, exciting, fomenting, incendiary, inciting, inflammatory, instigating, provocative, provokingrabble-rousingdissenting being about midway between extremes of amount or sizea moderate snowfall was forecast for the region average, intermediate, mean, median, medium, middle, middling, midsize(also midsized), modest reasonablecommon, commonplace, conventional, normal, popular, regular, routine, standard, typical, usualadequate, passable, tolerable excessive, extremeexceptional, rare, strange, uncommon, unusualdistinctive, idiosyncratic, special, uniqueindividual, peculiar, private marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too lowa city that is celebrated for its moderate climate balmy, clement, equable, genial, gentle, mild, soft, temperate clear, cloudless, fair, rainless, sunny, sunshinycalm, halcyon, peaceful, placid, tranquildelightful, fine, pleasant harsh, inclement, intemperate, severe blustering, blustery, breezy, gusty, rough, squally, stormy, windymisty, rainy, showerybleak, cloudy, dismal, foggy, gloomy, gray(also grey), hazy, overcast, sunlessbitter, dirty, foul, nasty, raw moderatenouna person who holds moderate viewsto the community's detriment, moderates were often shouted down at town meetings by the local hotheads centrist, middle-of-the-roader progressive, reformeraccommodationist, compromiser extremist, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultraist conservative, reactionary, rightist, right-wingerleftist, left-winger, liberal moderateverbto grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe wind began to moderate as the night wore on abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, pall, phase down, ratchet (down)also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane compress, condense, constrict, contractevaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanishslacken, slow (down)alleviate, relaxflag, sink, weakencave (in), collapse, deflate accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax appear, emerge, show upblow up, distend, elongate, lengthen in the 15th century |