moderate

moderate is a 8-letter English word with 23 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
2. adjective. Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
3. adjective. Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.
4. adjective. Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist.
5. adjective. Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.
6. adjective. Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.
7. adjective. Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.
8. adjective. Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind.
9. noun. 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.
10. transitive verb. 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.
11. transitive verb. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.
12. intransitive verb. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
13. intransitive verb. To preside as a moderator.
14. noun. a person who takes a position in the political center

    Synonyms: centrist, moderationist

15. verb. make less fast or intense

    "moderate your speed"

16. verb. restrain

    Synonyms: chasten, temper

17. verb. preside over

    "John moderated the discussion"

    Synonyms: chair, lead

18. verb. make less strong or intense; soften

    "Tone down that aggressive letter"

    "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

    Synonyms: tame

19. verb. make less severe or harsh

    "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"

    Synonyms: mince, soften

20. verb. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

    "moderate your alcohol intake"

    "hold your tongue"

    Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold

21. adjective. not extreme

    "a moderate penalty"

    "temperate in his response to criticism"

    Synonyms: temperate

22. adjective. being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

    "moderate prices"

    "a moderate income"

23. adjective. marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

    "moderate in his demands"

    "restrained in his response"

    Synonyms: restrained

Synonyms

centrist, moderationist, chasten, temper, chair, lead, tame, mince, soften, check, contain, control, curb, hold, temperate, restrained

Common word forms

moderated, moderates, moderately, moderating, moderateness

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