Moderate

Adjective

 * 1) Not excessive; acting in moderation
 * 2) Mediocre
 * 3) Average priced; standard-deal
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.

Derived terms

 * moderately
 * moderateness

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:moderate
 * See also Thesaurus:intermediate

Noun

 * 1)  One who holds an intermediate position between the extremes relevant in a political context
 * ''While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
 * 1) Similar middle-grounder in any other context.
 * ''The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches

Verb

 * 1)  To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
 * 2)  To become less excessive
 * 3)  To preside over (something) as a moderator
 * 4)  To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise

Synonyms

 * (reduce excesses) temperate
 * (preside) arbitrate, chair

Derived terms

 * moderation
 * moderating

Related terms

 * modal
 * modality
 * mode
 * model
 * moderator
 * module

Adverbs for Moderate
sensibly; admirably; judiciously; sagaciously; wisely; acceptably; reasonably; altogether; frugally; prudently;  discreetly; thriftily; modestly; singularly; astonishingly; cautiously; notoriously.

Thesaurus
K, Laodicean, 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, keep back, keep within bounds, lackluster, languid, languorous, 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

Etymology
From moderat:, from  moderatus:, perfect active participle of moderor: < moder-:, modes-:, a stem appearing also in modestus: < modus:; see mode and modest.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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 * German:
 * Romanian: moderat, moderată
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuibheasach
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 * Romanian: mediocru, mediocră, mijlociu, mijlocie, mediu
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Noun

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 * French:
 * Romanian: centrist, centristă

Verb

 * Dutch: matigen, milderen, temperen
 * Finnish:, kohtuullistaa
 * French: modèrer


 * Italian:
 * Romanian: modera
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: zich matigen
 * Finnish: tasaantua,


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 * Dutch: modereren
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 * Dutch: modereren, bemiddelen
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 * : modérer

Verb
moderate



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