'Moderate' definitions:
Definition of 'moderate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [ant: immoderate]
adjective
Not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate]
adjective
Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response" [syn: moderate, restrained]
noun
A person who takes a position in the political center [syn: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist]
verb
verb
Make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed"
verb
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" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate]
verb
Make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" [syn: mince, soften, moderate]
verb
Make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" [syn: tone down, moderate, tame]
verb
Definition of 'Moderate'
From: GCIDE
- Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, v. i.
- 1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To preside as a moderator. [1913 Webster]
- Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation. --Bp. Barlow's Remains (1693). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Moderate'
From: GCIDE
- Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Moderate'
From: GCIDE
- Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Moderating.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Moderate'
From: GCIDE
- Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, a. [L. moderatus, p. p. of moderate, moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure. See Mode.] Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as: (a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table. (b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors. (c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist; a moderate Republican. [1913 Webster]
- A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. "Moderate showers." --Walter. (e) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed. (f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities. (g) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'moderate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- acceptable,
- accepting,
- act between,
- adequate,
- adjust to,
- admissible,
- all right,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- alter,
- ambling,
- apathetic,
- arbitrate,
- arrest,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- average,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- balanced,
- banal,
- bank the fire,
- bargain,
- better than nothing,
- betwixt and between,
- bland,
- blunt,
- bound,
- box in,
- brake,
- budget,
- calm,
- cautious,
- center,
- central,
- centrist,
- chair,
- chasten,
- cheap,
- check,
- circumscribe,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- clement,
- clip the wings,
- common,
- compassionate,
- compromiser,
- condition,
- confine,
- conservative,
- constant,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- controlled,
- cool,
- coordinate,
- copyright,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- curb,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- decelerate,
- decent,
- decrease,
- defuse,
- delay,
- deliberate,
- detain,
- diminish,
- direct,
- discipline,
- discreet,
- downplay,
- draw rein,
- draw the line,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- ebb,
- economic,
- economy,
- equable,
- even,
- extenuate,
- fair,
- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- fall,
- faltering,
- fifty-fifty,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- forbearant,
- forbearing,
- forgiving,
- frugal,
- gentle,
- go between,
- good enough,
- goodish,
- gradual,
- grave,
- half-and-half,
- halting,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- humane,
- idle,
- impartial,
- impede,
- inconsequential,
- inconsiderable,
- independent,
- indifferent,
- indolent,
- inexpensive,
- insipid,
- intercede,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- judge,
- judicious,
- K,
- keep back,
- keep within bounds,
- lackluster,
- languid,
- languorous,
- Laodicean,
- lax,
- lay,
- lazy,
- leaven,
- leisurely,
- lenient,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- let up on,
- lighten,
- limit,
- limping,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- low,
- low-priced,
- lumbering,
- make terms,
- manage,
- manageable,
- mean,
- measured,
- medial,
- median,
- mediate,
- mediocre,
- medium,
- meet halfway,
- merciful,
- middle,
- middle-of-the-road,
- middle-of-the-roader,
- middling,
- midway,
- mild,
- mild as milk,
- mitigate,
- moderantist,
- moderationist,
- moderatist,
- modest,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- namby-pamby,
- narrow,
- negotiate,
- neuter,
- neutral,
- nominal,
- nonaligned,
- noncommitted,
- nonpartisan,
- nonviolent,
- normal,
- not amiss,
- not bad,
- not half bad,
- not so bad,
- obstruct,
- obtund,
- of a kind,
- of a sort,
- of sorts,
- okay,
- on the fence,
- ordinary,
- pacifistic,
- palliate,
- paltry,
- passable,
- passive,
- patent,
- patient,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- piddling,
- play down,
- poking,
- poky,
- presentable,
- preside over,
- pretty good,
- prudent,
- qualify,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reef,
- referee,
- register,
- regulate,
- regulate by,
- rein in,
- relax,
- relaxed,
- relent,
- relieve,
- reluctant,
- remit,
- represent,
- respectable,
- restrain,
- restrained,
- restrict,
- retard,
- routine,
- run,
- satisfactory,
- sauntering,
- scant,
- season,
- sedate,
- sensible,
- serious,
- set back,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- shabby,
- shoddy,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slight,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- small,
- smother,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- so-so,
- sober,
- sober down,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- soft,
- soft-shell,
- soften,
- solemn,
- soothe,
- sparing,
- specialize,
- staggering,
- staid,
- standard,
- stay,
- steady,
- step in,
- stifle,
- stint,
- stinting,
- straiten,
- strolling,
- subdue,
- subside,
- sufficient,
- supervise,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- tame,
- tedious,
- temper,
- temperate,
- tender,
- tentative,
- third-force,
- third-world,
- throttle down,
- tidy,
- toddling,
- token,
- tolerable,
- tolerant,
- tone down,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- treat with,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- trudging,
- tune down,
- turtlelike,
- umpire,
- uncommitted,
- underplay,
- unexceptionable,
- unexceptional,
- unexcessive,
- unexpensive,
- unextreme,
- unhurried,
- unimpassioned,
- uninvolved,
- unobjectionable,
- usual,
- vapid,
- waddling,
- wane,
- weaken,
- wishy-washy,
- within means,
- workmanlike,
- worth the money