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Moderate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Moderate?
[n] a person who takes a position in the political center
[adj] not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" [adj] 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" [adj] marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response" [v] make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" [v] make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed" [v] restrain or temper [v] preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [v] make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" [v] 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 | Synonyms for Moderate: average | cautious | centrist | chair | chasten | check | conservative | contain | control | curb | fair | fairish | hold | hold in | indifferent | intermediate | lead | limited | medium | middle of the roader | middle-of-the-road | mild | mince | minimalist | moderationist | modest | reasonable | restrained | small | soften | tame | temper | temperate | tone down Related Terms | Find terms related to Moderate: 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 | deaden | decelerate | decent | decrease | de-emphasize | 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 | snaillike | snail-paced | sober | sober down | sober-minded | sobersided | soft | soften | soft-shell | solemn | soothe | so-so | 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 See Also | abnegate | adult | alter | alter | bate | bound | catch | center | change | change | confine | conquer | counteract | countercheck | cricify | damp | decelerate | deny | discuss | grownup | hold back | inhibit | keep | keep back | limit | mortify | restrain | restrict | slow down | stamp down | subdue | suppress | talk over | thermostat | throttle | train | trammel Moderate In Webster's Dictionary \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 number of moderate members managed . . . to
obtain a majority in a thin house. --Swift.
(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.
\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. \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. By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. --Arbuthnot. To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. --Spenser. 2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod. \Mod"er*ate\, v. i. 1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated. 2. To preside as a moderator. Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation. --Bp. Barlow's Remains (1693). |
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