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Main Entry: moderate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: calm, temperate

Synonyms:

abstinent, balanced, bearable, careful, cautious, compromising, conservative, considerate, considered, controlled, cool, deliberate, disciplined, dispassionate, equable, even, gentle, impartial, inconsiderable, inexpensive, judicious, limited, low-key, measured, middle-of-the-road, midway, mild, modest, monotonous, neutral, nonpartisan, not excessive, pacific, peaceable, pleasant, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sober, soft, steady, straight, tame, tolerable, tolerant, tranquil, untroubled

Antonyms:

excessive, extreme, immoderate, outrageous, uncontrolled, unlimited, unreasonable, unrestrained, violent, wild
Main Entry: moderate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fair, average, so-so

Synonyms:

bland, fair to middling, fairish, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, middling, ordinary, paltry, passable, piddling, trifling, trivial, unexceptional

Antonyms:

considerable, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, liberal, significant
Main Entry: moderate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: restrain, control

Synonyms:

abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, chasten, check, constrain, cool out, cool*, curb, decline, decrease, die down, diminish, ease off, fall, lessen, let up, meet halfway, mitigate, modify, modulate, mollify, pacify, play down, qualify, quiet, reduce, regulate, relent, relieve, repress, slacken, slow, soft-pedal, soften, subdue, subside, tame, temper, tone down, wane

Antonyms:

egg on, free, incite, let go, liberate, unleash
Main Entry: moderate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mediate, arbitrate

Synonyms:

chair, judge, make peace, negotiate, preside, referee, take the chair, umpire

Antonyms:

turn over
Main Entry: abate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lessen, grow or cause to grow less

Synonyms:

allay, chill out, coast*, cool, cool it, decline, decrease, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, go with the flow, hang easy, hang loose, lay back, let go, let it all hang out, let up, mellow out, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, take it easy, taper, taper off, unlax, wane

Antonyms:

amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise
Main Entry: abstemious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: restraining behavior or appetite

Synonyms:

abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, moderating, restrained, self-denying, self-restrained, sober, sparing, temperate

Antonyms:

gluttonous, greedy, hungry
Main Entry: allay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reduce something, usually a pain or a problem

Synonyms:

abate, alleviate, assuage, calm, compose, cool out, decrease, ease, lessen, lighten, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, play up to, pour oil on, quiet, square, take the bite out, take the sting out

Antonyms:

intensify, provoke, stir, worsen
Main Entry: assuage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: soothe, relieve

Synonyms:

allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, pour oil on, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, take the edge off, take the sting out, temper, tranquilize

Antonyms:

exacerbate, upset
Main Entry: average
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: normal, typical

Synonyms:

boilerplate, common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, familiar, garden*, garden-variety, general, humdrum*, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, middling, moderate, nowhere, ordinary, passable, plastic, regular, run of the mill, so-so, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual

Antonyms:

abnormal, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, unusual
Main Entry: balmy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: comfortable with respect to weather

Synonyms:

mild, moderate, moist, pleasant, refreshing, summerlike, summery, temperate, tropical

Antonyms:

cool, inclement, wintery
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