'Temperate' definitions:
Definition of 'temperate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" [ant: intemperate]
adjective
Not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" [ant: intemperate]
adjective
Not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate]
Definition of 'Temperate'
From: GCIDE
- Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.]
- 1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. [1913 Webster]
- She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking. [1913 Webster]
- Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Temperate zone (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Temperate'
From: GCIDE
- Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. --Marston. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'temperate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstemious,
- abstentious,
- abstinent,
- aestival,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- bland,
- blood-hot,
- blood-warm,
- bracing,
- calid,
- calm,
- celibate,
- chaste,
- checked,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cold sober,
- composed,
- constant,
- continent,
- controlled,
- cool,
- coolish,
- curbed,
- disciplined,
- discreet,
- dispassionate,
- equable,
- equatorial,
- even,
- even-tempered,
- forbearing,
- fresh,
- frugal,
- genial,
- gentle,
- grave,
- imperturbable,
- indulgent,
- invigorating,
- judicious,
- luke,
- lukewarm,
- measured,
- mild,
- mild as milk,
- moderate,
- modest,
- nonviolent,
- pacifistic,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- prudent,
- puritanical,
- quiet,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- regulated,
- restrained,
- room-temperature,
- sane,
- sedate,
- self-denying,
- self-indulgent,
- self-possessed,
- self-restrained,
- sensible,
- serene,
- serious,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- soft,
- solemn,
- sparing,
- stable,
- staid,
- steady,
- stimulating,
- stinting,
- subtropical,
- summery,
- sunny,
- sunshiny,
- tame,
- teetotal,
- tepid,
- thermal,
- thermic,
- toasty,
- tranquil,
- tropical,
- undrunk,
- undrunken,
- unexcessive,
- unexcited,
- unextreme,
- unfrozen,
- unimpassioned,
- uninebriate,
- uninebrious,
- unintoxicated,
- unperturbed,
- unruffled,
- untipsy,
- warm,
- warm as toast,
- warmish
Words containing 'Temperate'
- Temper,
- Temperable,
- Temperance,
- Temperancy,
- Temperately,
- Temperateness,
- Temperative,
- Tempered,
- Temperer,
- Tempering,
- Ill temper,
- Temper screw,
- Temperance society,
- Temperance, MI,
- Temperate zone,
- Tempered glass,
- Tempering color,
- bad temper,
- even tempered,
- good temper,
- quick temper,
- short temper,
- temper tantrum,
- temperate bacteriophage,
- Good-tempered,
- Ill-tempered,
- bad-tempered,
- cold-temperate,
- even-tempered,
- hot-tempered,
- lose one's temper,
- north temperate zone,
- quick-tempered,
- short-tempered,
- south temperate zone,
- temperate rain forest,
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
- Women's Christian Temperance Union,
- equable even-tempered good-tempered placid,
- choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered,
- shirty snorty ill-tempered or annoyed,
- crabbed crabby cross fussy fussbudgety grouchy grumpy bad-tempered ill-tempered