Synonyms for moderate
ˈmɒd ər ɪt, ˈmɒd rɪt; -əˌreɪtmod·er·ate

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1. moderateverb

   Synonyms:
   arbitrate, chair, temperate

2. 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

   Synonyms:
   chair, arbitrate, temperate

3. moderateverb

   Mediocre

   The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches

   Synonyms:
   chair, arbitrate, temperate

4. moderateverb

   Average priced; standard-deal

   Synonyms:
   arbitrate, chair, temperate

5. moderateadjective

   Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.

   Synonyms:
   chair, temperate, arbitrate

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1. 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, subside

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revive

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

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1. moderate

   Synonyms:
   control, soften, allay, regulate, repress, govern, temper

   Antonyms:
   disturb, disorganize, excite, misconduct

2. moderateadjective

   Synonyms:
   limited, temperate, calm, dispassionate, sober, abstinent, sparing, steady, ordinary

   Antonyms:
   extravagant, intemperate, rigorous, excessive, violent, extraordinary

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1. centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationistadjective

   a person who takes a position in the political center

   Synonyms:
   moderationist, middle of the roader, centrist

   Antonyms:
   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-fired

2. moderateadjective

   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, temperate

   Antonyms:
   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, undue

3. moderate, temperateadjective

   not extreme

   "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"

   Synonyms:
   restrained, temperate

   Antonyms:
   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, extremist

4. moderate, restrainedverb

   marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

   "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"

   Synonyms:
   restrained, quiet, unemotional, temperate, guarded, reticent

   Antonyms:
   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, intense

5. moderate, 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, contain

   Antonyms:
   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, overdone

6. moderateverb

   make less fast or intense

   "moderate your speed"

   Synonyms:
   curb, chair, soften, chasten, tame, temper, lead, hold in, tone down, check, contain, control, hold, mince

   Antonyms:
   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-top

7. control, 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 off

   Antonyms:
   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-top

8. mince, 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, contain

   Antonyms:
   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, inordinate

9. tone 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, contain

   Antonyms:
   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, overstated

10. chasten, 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, contain

    Antonyms:
    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

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1. 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.

   Submitted by santoshk.61727 on June 10, 2023  

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1. moderateadjective

   Synonyms:
   temperate, sparing, frugal, not excessive

2. moderateadjective

   Synonyms:
   cheap, unexpensive

3. moderateadjective

   Synonyms:
   reasonable, judicious, deliberate, cool, mild, not extreme, not violent

4. moderateverb

   Synonyms:
   assuage, soothe, allay, mitigate, soften, mollify, appease, temper, attemper, quiet, quell, still, pacify, repress, subdue, abate, reduce, lessen, dull, blunt

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1. moderateadjective

   Synonyms:
   sparing, temperate, frugal, reasonable, calm, deliberate, temperate, mild, clement, open, mediocre medium

   Antonyms:
   immoderate

2. moderateverb

   Synonyms:
   temper, appease, diminish, mitigate, reduce

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1. List of paraphrases for "moderate":

   moderates, modest, moderately, mild, moderated, centrist, average, temperate, medium, moderation, restrained, moderate-income, gentle, measured

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1. Hillary Clinton:

   I did advocate early on when I was still secretary of state for more help to the moderate rebels against Assad in Syria.

2. Lisa Thebner:

   Identifying those children who are moderate to severely selective eaters as possibly having mood or sensory issues as well can aid pediatricians in identifying those at-risk children, in doing so, then we can be better able to make the appropriate referrals to any or all of the following: nutritionists, feeding therapists who can help with sensory issues to food, and specialists in pediatric behavior and development, who can help aid the child and the family working with the child.

3. Paul Chodas:

   The asteroid will be brightest while it moves through southern skies, amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere and at low northern latitudes should be able to see this asteroid using moderate size telescopes with apertures of at least 8 inches in the nights leading up to closest approach, but they will probably need star charts to find it.

4. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu:

   Yes, the PYD has been fighting Daesh ... But the PYD is not fighting for the territorial integrity or political unity of Syria. This is unacceptable, we prefer that the moderate opposition forces actually control the safe zone, or Daesh-free areas, in the northern part of Syria, not the PYD, unless they change their policies radically in that sense.

5. Chris Christie:

   From a political perspective, his supporters might go to someone who is also a moderate like John Kasich.