Moderate

Definition: Moderate

Moderate

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism".

3. Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response".

Noun

1. A person who takes a position in the political center.

Verb

1. Preside over; "John moderated the discussion".

2. Make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed".

3. 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".

4. Make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears".

5. Make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements".

6. Restrain or temper.

7. Make less severe or harsh.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "moderate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Moderate

Cheapness

Adjective: cheap; low, low priced; moderate, reasonable; inexpensive, unexpensive; well worth the money, worth the money; magnifique et pas cher; good at the price, cheap at the price; dirt cheap, dog cheap; cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty; catchpenny;discounted.

Mediocrity

Noun: moderate circumstances, average circumstances; respectability; middle classes; mediocrity; golden mean; (mid-course), (moderation).

Moderation

Moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy; attemper, contemper; mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken; lessen; (decrease); check palliate.

Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.

Qualification

Moderate, temper, season, leaven.

Slowness

Retard, relax; slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb; reef; strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail; put on the drag, apply the brake; clip the wings; reduce the speed; slacken speed, slacken one's pace; lose ground.

Smallness

Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle.

Sufficiency

Measured; moderate; (temperate).

Temperance

Adjective: temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing; abstemious, abstinent; within compass; measured; (sufficient).

Crosswords: Moderate

Latin (check, control, controlled, govern, guide, moderate, regulate, restrained, slow down, sober, temperate).

When I had that there was too much pressure to use it. All I want out of life is to be a monkey of moderate intelligence who wears a suit (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Climate Responsive Design: A Study of Buildings in Moderate and Hot Humid Climates (reference)

• Cognitive Skills for Community Living: Teaching Students With Moderate to Severe Disabilities (reference)

• Curriculum and Assessment for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities (reference)

• Curriculum Content for Students With Moderate and Severe Disabilities in Inclusive Settings (reference)

• For Patients of Moderate Means (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Murder of a Moderate Man (reference)

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Music

• Moderate Extremism (reference)

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High Tech

• YAMAHA YST-SW205 Moderate Powered Subwoofer Using 8-Inch Driver (reference)

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Area of moderate purulent pneumonia. Credit: CDC.

Photomicrograph of mediastinal lymph node from a Cynomolgus monkey, ( Macaca fascicularis ). Moderate hemorrhage, necrosis, and edema are present. Giemsa stain, Mag. 125x. Credit: CDC.

Drowned forest discovered by wiredrag on Lake Washington Pulling up a moderate size tree Wiredrag party of N. H. Heck. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Mississippi River during moderate spring flooding. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Fish and Wildlife Service Supply Vessel EIDER in the Aleutian Islands with moderate icing after a rough trip from the Pribilof Islands. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This therefore is the privilege of the people in general, above what any private person hath; that particular men are allowed by our adversaries themselves (Buchanan only excepted) to have no other remedy but patience; but the body of the people may with respect resist intolerable tyranny; for when it is but moderate, they ought to endure it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority

Sir, I was once a moderate drinker, and knew a man who drank to excess

Fantine was moreover only a moderate worker

But to confine myself to those who are said to be in moderate circumstances

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some have moderate to severe discomfort. (references)

There may be mild or moderate retardation. (references)

The loss may be mild, moderate, or severe. (references)

Business

Resins and high and moderate level solvents need to be imported. (references)

Inflation has been relatively moderate, holding within the 8-10 percent range. (references)

While fixed telephony is growing only at a moderate scale, the mobile market is booming. (references)

Civil Liberties

Syria

Some observers believe the attack was a message from the Government to civil society advocates to moderate their pressure for reform. (references)

Morocco

Dish antennas permit free access to a wide variety of television foreign broadcasts and are available at moderate cost on the market. (references)

Panama

After several days of negotiations, the Government, moderate labor groups, and bus owners reached an agreement that ended the protests. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

Climate: Dry, hot summers; moderate winters. (references)

Cyprus

Taxis are readily available at moderate, metered rates. (references)

Kenya

Kenya maintains a moderate profile in Third World politics. (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

A number of moderate activists left Pakistan for other countries, partly in reaction to these killings. (references)

Iran

Some sources outside the country claim that Shahroudi used this initiative to purge the judiciary of some of its more moderate elements in the guise of fighting corruption. (references)

Mozambique

In MOJ facilities detainees who have been charged but not yet tried are held with prisoners who have been tried and sentenced to prison for relatively minor cases where moderate security imprisonment is deemed sufficient. (references)

Indigenous People

Canada

Disputes over native fishing rights in Atlantic Canada continued after a 1999 Supreme Court ruling on the Marshall case which interpreted centuries-old treaties to allow First Nations to earn a moderate livelihood from natural resources, in compliance with government regulations that promote conservation and protect others who depend on the same resource. (references)

Minorities

Turkey

Many religious minority members, along with many in the secular political majority of Muslims, fear the possibility of Islamic extremism and the involvement of even moderate Islam in politics. (references)

Tanzania

Generally there are stable relations between the various religious communities; however, there is some tension between Muslims and Christians, and some tension between moderate and fundamentalist Muslims. (references)

Political Economy

Nepal

The UML is a relatively moderate social democratic party. (references)

Singapore

There was a moderate level of ongoing debate in newspapers and Internet chat groups on various public issues. (references)

Ukraine

Also on the left are the radical Progressive Socialist Party, the Peasant party, and the moderate Socialist Party. (references)

Political Rights

Estonia

The Government elected in 1999 is a coalition of the Pro Patria, Moderate, and Reform Parties. (references)

Iran

The elections resulted in a landslide victory for moderate and reform candidates, who constitute a large majority in the Majles. (references)

Uganda

He counted 230 M.P.'s in the Movement ranks, giving it a clear majority; however, a number of moderate Movement M.P.'s, including some M.P.'s who were at the forefront of the fight against corruption in the Sixth Parliament, kept their seats in spite of Museveni's active campaigning for their opponents. (references)

Trade

Burma

Tariffs on most other items including consumer goods are moderate. (references)

France

The duties levied on imports from non-EU countries, including the United States, are moderate. (references)

Russia

By spring 2000, banks in the country experienced moderate improvement as their capital increased 2.8 times over the previous year. (references)

Travel

Kuwait

Kuwait's crime rate is moderate and violent crime is rare. (references)

Croatia

Restaurants in Zagreb range from the moderate to the more expensive. (references)

West Bank

WB/G businesspeople are pragmatic and generally politically moderate. (references)

Women

Romania

The same survey reported that 22.5 percent of women experienced moderate to severe physical abuse over their lifetimes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions using "moderate": a moderate amount ♦ be a moderate drinker ♦ be moderate ♦ become moderate ♦ moderate breeze ♦ moderate damage ♦ moderate drinker ♦ moderate fog ♦ moderate gale ♦ moderate icing ♦ moderate icing in cloud ♦ moderate icing in precipitation ♦ moderate nuclear risk ♦ moderate oneself ♦ moderate turbulence ♦ moderate turbulence in clear air ♦ moderate turbulence in cloud ♦ moderate wind ♦ of moderate size ♦ with moderate visibility. Additional references.

Beginning with "moderate": moderate-conservative, moderate-income, moderate-sized, moderate-to-fresh, moderate-to-long.

Ending with "moderate": radical-moderate.

Afrikaans

matig (reasonable), beskeie (discrete, modest, reasonable), besadig (abstemious, reasonable, sober, staid, temperate). (various references)

Albanian

mesatar (average, mean, measurable, mediocre, medium, mesial, mid, middling, neutral, normal, par), zbutem (be mitigated, be tamed, become soft, ease off, grow milder, relax), zbut (allay, amortise, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), pajtoj (attune, bring together, engage, propitiate, reconcile, Square), pajtohem (abide, accord, be reconciled, chime, coincide, comply, comport oneself, concur, conform, cotton, do with, eat humble pie, fall in with, lump it, make friends, make it up, make one's peace with, make up, put up with, subscribe), i përkorë (abstemious, abstinent, chaste, continent), i matur (abstinent, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary, chaste, circumlocutory, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, deliberate, discreet, forehanded, gingerly, judicious, provident, prudent, reasonable, sober, staid, thoughtful, wary, well advised, well balanced), i butë (balmy, bland, Clement, cottony, creamy, delicate, doughy, downy, ductile, easygoing, facile, feathery, flabby, genial, gentle, lenient, limp, meek, mellow, melting, merciful, mild, mushy, non-rigid, permissive, pillowy, placable, pulpy, quick, samel, silken, silky, soft, soft spoken, squashy, tame, temperate, tender, velvety, yielding). (various references)

Arabic 

‏محدود المدى, ‏متهاود, ‏متوسط (age, average, central, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, ordinary, pass, poorly), ‏معتدل (abstemious, balmy, clement, conservative, erect, genial, gentle, low key, measured, meek, middle, mild, modest, reasonable, soft, steady, straight, temperate, upright), ‏هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏لين (clemency, ductile, elastic, flabbiness, flabby, flaccid, flaccidity, flexible, gentleness, lax, laxity, lenience, leniency, limp, limpness, loose, make flexible, make soft, make tender, malleable, manageable, mellow, mildness, plastic, plasticize, pliable, pliant, resilient, soft, soften, supple, temper, tender, yielding), ‏لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), ‏غير غال (cheap), ‏تمالك نفسة, ‏إعتدالي (equinoctial), ‏أهدأ (calm, calm down, cool down, quiet, settle down, stay), ‏رئس. (various references)

Bulgarian 

среден (average, indifferent, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middlemost, middle-of-the-road, middling, neutral, run of the mill), ставам умерен, ставам въздържан, стихвам (drop, hush, lull, quiet, quiet down, quieten, sink, slacken, stand still, still, subside), умерен (abstemious, abstinent, conservative, equable, frugal, gentle, medium, mezzo, mild, philosophical, reasonable, restrained, slack, sober, sparing, temperate, tempered), смекчавам (break down, chastise, correct, cushion, extenuate, humanize, lighten, melt, mince, mitigate, modify, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet, retouch, season, smooth out, soften, subdue, tame, temper, turn, water down), ръководя (administer, administrate, be in charge of, boss, carry on, conduct, control, direct, guide, keep, lead, manage, mastermind, oversee, pioneer, rule, run, supervise, tutor, work), въздържан (abstemious, demure, inaccessible, incommunicative, self contained), отслабвам (abate, become peaky, become thin and hollow-cheeked, become weak, diminish, languish, lose weight, sag, slim, thin, weaken, wind down, wither), обикновен (accustomed, average, common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, homely, humdrum, low, matter of fact, mere, mundane, ordinary, plain, quiet, regular, routine, run of the mill, simple, trite, trivial, unaffected, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, wonted), намалявам (abate, abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, knock off, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down), председателствувам (preside, take the chair), правя умерен, правя въздържан, посредствен (indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, potty, run of the mill, second rate, tame, tatty, undistinguished). (various references)

Chinese 

适度, 溫和 . (various references)

Czech

mírnit se, mírný (balmy, benign, easygoing, equable, genial, gentle, lamblike, lenient, light, meek, mild, placid, quiet, reasonable, slow, sober, soft, tame, temperate, unruffled), umírnìný èlovìk, umírnìný (conservative, modest, restrained), prùmìrný (average, common, mean, ordinary, passable, standard), levný (cheap, down-market, inexpensive, low), krotit se (contain oneself, control one's temper). (various references)

Danish

moderat risiko (moderate nuclear risk), middelsvaert hoeretab (moderate hearing loss), moderat bremsning (moderate application), moderat pris (low price, moderate price), moderat skade (moderate damage), moderat vind (moderate wind), moderat fart (moderate speed), prisstigningsbegraensning (moderate price increase), svag vind (moderate wind), slidlag af pulvermaterialer kan paa tilstraekkeligt underlag og upaaklagelig underbygning klare trafikbelastninger fra meget svag til middel grad (dense tar and bitumen-tar asphaltic concrete(all hot-laid)are suitable for light to moderate traffic if the roadbase and sub-base are satisfactory and the subgrade presents no problems, surfacings of asphaltic concrete, tar-bound asphaltic concrete), en staerk kolddeformation foerer i forhold til en middelkraftig deformation som f.eks.paa 60 %,til en finere rekrystallisationskornstoerrelse,som giver hoejere haardhed og flydegraense (for example 60 %, heavy cold work lead essentially to a finer recrystallized grain which gives higher hardness and higher yield strength, in comparison with moderate amounts of cold work), social bolig (dwelling of a social nature, moderate-rent housing, public housing, social housing), stiv kuling (moderate gale, near gale), lav pris (low price, moderate price), jaevn vind (moderate breeze), jævn vind (moderate breeze), halv-formlagt (with moderate twist). (various references)

Dutch

matig (abstemious, reasonable, sober, staid, temperate), gematigd (modestly, reasonable), bescheiden (discrete, modest, modestly, reasonable). (various references)

Esperanto

moderigi, modera (reasonable). (various references)

Faeroese

hóvligur (reasonable). (various references)

Farsi 

میانه رو (Sober), مناسب (Able, Adaptable, Adequate, Apposite, Appropriate, Apt, Becoming, Convenient, Expedient, Fit, Material, Meet, Opportune, Pertain, Proper, Relevant, Suitable, Winsome), ملایم (Benign, Bland, Breezy, Clement, Downy, Easy, Equable, Gentle, Kindly, Lenient, Meek, Mild, Sedate, Smooth, Soft, Suave), محدود (Bound, Determinate, Narrow, Parochial), معتدل (Green, Medium, Middleman, Mild, Modest, Sane, Sober), تعدیل کردن (Adapt, Adjust, Coordinate, Modify, Modulate, Trammel), ارام (Bland, Calm, Daft, Douce, Gentle, Hush, Imperturbable, Pacific, Peaceable, Peaceful, Placid, Quiet, Sedate, Serene, Silent, Staid, Taciturn, Tranquil, Unblenched, Unruffled, Whist), اداره کردن (Address, Administer, Chairman, Conduct, Direct, Engineer, Execute, Keep, Man, Manage, Manipulate, Officiate, Operate, Rule, Run, Wield). (various references)

Finnish

maltillinen (calm, collected, level-headed, self-possessed, sober), vaimentaa (muffle), kohtuullinen (fair, reasonable), kohtalainen (fair, medium, passable), keskinkertainen (mediocre, medium). (various references)

French

modéré (modest). (various references)

German

mäßig (abstemious, frugal, frugally, indifferent, lukewarm, mediocre, middling, moderately, modest, reasonable, sober, staid, temperate, undistinguished), mittelmäßig (average, indifferent, mediocre, middling, undistinguished), angemessen (adequate, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befit, commensurate, commensurately, condign, congruous, congruously, fair, fitly, pertinent, proportionate, proportionately, reasonable, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suitably, toward, worthily). (various references)

Greek 

μετριάζω (abate, allay, damp, extenuate, mitigate, palliate, qualify, remit, season, temper, tone down). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתון (aggradation, cautious, considerate, easygoing, gentle, gradualness, mellow, mild, moderation, restrained, slow down, slowness, staid, temperate), למתן (decelerate, restrain, slow down, temper, tone down), לשבת בראש (preside, take the chair), להקל (ease, extenuate, facilitate, mitigate, palliate, relieve, remit, slight), בינוני (average, fair, intermediate, mean, medial, mediocre, medium, mid, middle, middling, par, run of the mill, second rate). (various references)

Hungarian

mértéktartó, mérsékelt irányzatú politikus, közepes (average, fair to middling, mean, mediocre, medium, middle-class, middling, so so). (various references)

Indonesian

menengah (intermediate), lumayan (appreciable, goodly, tolerable), gabari. (various references)

Irish

measartha. (various references)

Italian

moderarsi (moderate oneself, slacken), mediocre (bush league, indifferent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, poor, second rate), misurare (estimate, Gage, gauge, judge, limit, measure, mete, overconfident, survey, test, try on, weight), misurato (cautious, measured), moderare (moderat, temper), moderato (abstemious, continent, middle-of-the-road, moderated, sober, sparing, temperate), modesto (chaste, coy, demure, diffident, homely, humble, inconspicuous, lowly, modest, plain, quiet, self-effacing, temperate, unassuming, unpretentious), modico (reasonable), morigerato (sober), mite (bland, genial, gentle, lenient, meek, mild, reasonable, temperate), temperato (temperate, tempered), calmarsi (abate, quiet, settle down, simmer down, smooth, sober, subside), parco (frugal, park, parking area, parkland, pool, sober), sobrio (abstinent, sober), discreto (decent, discreet, discrete, fair, fairly good, tolerable, unobtrusive), continente (continent, mainland, temperate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

適度 , 穏健 (dependable, quiet, uniform), 穏和　 (gentle, mild), 穏和 (gentle, mild), 程好い (just right, proper), モデムの設定 (model, model case, model change, model gun, model house, model kitchen, modeler, modeling, modeller, modelling, modem setup, moderator, modernologio, modernology, modulation, module, monarchy, motocross, Motorola), 控え目 (conservative, humble, reserved), 手頃 (handy), 手ごろ (handy), 温和 (gentle, mild), 内輪 (conservative, family circle, pigeon-toed, private matter, the inside), 好い加減 (halfhearted, irresponsible, not thorough, random, right, vague), いい加減 (halfhearted, irresponsible, not thorough, random, right, vague). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おんわ (gentle, mild), おんけん (dependable, quiet, uniform), モデレイト , モデラート , ひかえめ (conservative, humble, reserved), うちわ (conservative, family circle, fan, pigeon-toed, private matter, the inside), ほどよい (just right, proper), いいかげん (halfhearted, irresponsible, not thorough, random, right, vague), てきど, てごろ (handy). (various references)

Korean 

온건한 (sane). (various references)

Manx

tempreil (anneal, annealing, temper), socceragh, sheelt (abstemious, sober, temperate), resoonagh (coherent, consistent, judicious, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoner, remonstrative, sensible, tidy), meein-chinjagh, meeinaghey (abate; amelioration, abatement, allay, alleviate, alleviation, assuagement, domestication, soften, tame, taming), cur streean er (check, delimit, pull in, restrain), castrey. (various references)

Papiamen

moderá (reasonable). (various references)

Pig Latin

oderatemay.(various references)

Portuguese

moderado (abstemious, abstinent, acceptable, clerihew, gentle, mean, medium, mild, modest, reasonable, restrained, right-minded, sober, temperate). (various references)

Romanian

modic (slender, slight), mediocru (indifferent, mediocre, middling, second rate, unpretending), mediu (average, circumstance, environment, mean, medium, middle, mise en scene, society, surroundings), mijlociu (average, mean, medium, middle, middling, second born, second rate), modera (curb, dilute, diminish, reduce, regulate, temper), moderat (abstemious, gentle, mild, moderately, rational, reasonable, steady, temperate), reţinut (continent, coy, dry, reserved, restrained, restrictive), potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, duly, eligible, felicitous, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), temperat (mild, restrained, temperate, temperately), rezonabil (advised, fair, possible, rational, reasonable, reasonably, sane), accesibil (accessible, affable, approachable, attainable, available, come-at-able, easy of access, get-at-able, obtainable, open, patent, pervious, reachable), se linişti (anchor, calm, compose, cool, quiet, still, take one's ease), se modera, se tempera, tempera (attemper, chasten, mitigate, modify, regulate, temper), domoli (allay, appease, assuage, calm, lighten, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reassure, remit, soften, soothe), cumpãtat (abstemious, abstinent, measured, mild, reserved, sober, temperate, thrifty, well balanced), nu prea mare. (various references)

Russian 

средний (average, avg, mean, medial, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middle sized, middle-of-the-road, middle-sized, middling, neuter, neutral, secondary), умерять (attemper), умеренный (abstemious, abstinent, conservative, measurable, medium, mild, modest, reasonable, temperate), умерить, смягчать умеренный, смягчать (assuage, attenuate, commute, damp, extenuate, mellow, melt, mitigate, mollify, palatalize, palliate, relax, remit, soft pedal, soften, subdue, tone down), сдерживать (bottle up, check, coerce, constrain, control, dam back, hold back, hold in, hold in check, inhibit, keep, keep in check, rein back, rein in, repress, restrain), воздержанный (abstentious, temperate), здравый (conscious, sane, sober, sober-sided, sound). (various references)

Scottish

measarra (reasonable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

umeriti (cut down), umeren čovek, umeren (abstemious, abstinent, gentle, modest, reasonable, temperate), ublažiti (alleviate, attemper, become tempered, buff, cushion, dull, ease, lessen, mince, mitigate, mollify, palliate, redeem, soft pedal, soften, soothe, temper, tone down), ograničiti se (limit, restrict). (various references)

Spanish

modico, moderarse (abate, ease, let up), moderar (break, damp, dampen, moderat, restrain, temper), moderado (lowly, measured, middle-of-the-road, mild, modest, restrained, temperate), mitigarse (relax), mitigar (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, ease, extenuate, mitigate, qualify, relax, relieve, soften, soothe, temper, weaken), mediocre (average, bushleague, humdrum, mediocre, nondescript, poor, undistinguished), mediano (average, fair, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling), módico (low), regular (formal, indifferent, medium, middling, normal, regular, regulate, so so, time, tolerable), calmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, damp, dampen, lull, mollify, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, settle, sober down, soothe, still), asesorar (advise), arbitrar (arbitrate, judge, settle). (various references)

Swedish

sansad (dispassionate, level headed, sober, sober minded), moderera (tone down), moderat, måttlig (abstinent, temperate), dämpa (Bate, chasten, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, dim, dull, kill, muffle, mute, quell, quench, subdue, supress, temper, tone down). (various references)

Thai

เป็นประธาน (chairman), บรรเทาลง, ทำให้บรรเทา, ปานกลาง (average, fair, middle, middling). (various references)

Turkish

makul (acceptable, comprehensible, conceivable, fair, judicious, just, level, logical, plausible, possible, probable, reasonable, sane, sensible, sober, sober minded), yumuşatmak (attemper, chasten, dulcify, limber up, loosen, mellow, melt, mollify, mute, relax, season, shake up, smooth, soft pedal, soften, supple, tame, unbend, unman), yumuşamak (let loose, let upon, limber up, mellow, melt, relax, relent, soften, sweeten, unbend), yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), orta (bosom, c, center, central, centre, fair, in between, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediate, mediocre, medium, mesial, mesne, meso-, mezzo-, mid, mid-, middle, middling, midst, passable, secondary), hafifletmek (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, commute, deaden, de-escalate, ease, emasculate, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, modify, palliate, qualify, relieve, remit, soft pedal, subdue, water, weaken), başkanlık etmek (be in the chair, chair, pontificate, pontify, preside, take the chair), ölçülü (careful, conservative, continent, demure, dimensional, level, measurable, measured, mensurable, restrained, size, sized, sober, sober minded, temperate), ılımlı kimse (center, centre), ılımlı (Clement, equable, genial, hospitable, low key, middle-of-the-road, mild, modest, temperate), ılıman (Clement, equable, mild, soft, temperate). (various references)

Turkmen 

maяdal (temperate). (various references)

Ukrainian

стримувати (abate, bound, bridle, chasten, check, coerce, constrain, contain, control, curb, deter, dominate, hold in, inhibit, pocket, rein, restrain, stay, stop, suppress, swaddle, swallow, temper), стихати (die down, die off, drop, flatten, slake, subside), угамовувати (appease, assuage, quench, slake, still), середній (average, mean, medial, median, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, middling, neutral, normal, secondary), невеликий (bantam, little, petty, young), поміркований (abstentious, abstinent, conservative, judicious, restrained, sober, wise). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vừa phải; phải chăng, người ôn hoà (middle-of-the-roader), không quá khích, có mức độ; điều độ ôn hoà. (various references)

Welsh

cymedroli, cymedrol (abstemious, abstinent, temperate), arafu (quiet, slow, take time). (various references)

aliquanta, aliquanto, aliquantum, aliquantus, clemens, clemente, clementes, clementia, clementibus, clementis, cohibita, lenieris, lenietur, lenior, lenirent, lenis, media, mediae, mediam, medias, medii, mediis, medio, mediocris, medios, medium, medius, moderate, moderato, modestus, modica, modicae, modicam, modice, modici, modicis, modico, modicum, modicumque, modicus, parcus, permodicus, submiserit, submiserunt, submisit, submisso, submissoque, submittebant, submittentes, submitti, submittit, submittite, temperare. (various references)

medmicel. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "moderate": moderated, moderately, moderateness, moderatenesses, moderates. (additional references)

Words ending with "moderate": immoderate. (additional references)

Words containing "moderate": immoderately, immoderateness, immoderatenesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Moderate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: maderaner, maderate, madurate, mmoderate, Modecate, Moderata, moderatd, moderater, modere, m'odiate, mod'rate, moederate, Muldergate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: remated.

-2 letters: demote, derate, dreamt, emerod, emoted, emoter, marted, meated, meteor, metred, moated, oedema, orated, radome, reamed, redate, remade, remate, remote, reteam, roamed, teamed, teared, teredo, termed.

-3 letters: adeem, adore, ameer, amort, arete, armed, armet, dater, derat, derma, deter, doter, dream, eared, eater, edema, emote, erode, madre, mated, mater, merde, meted, meter, metre.

+1 letter: dermatome, moderated, moderates, trematode.

+2 letters: audiometer, dermatogen, dermatomes, dermatoses, ectodermal, endometria, entodermal, immoderate, meliorated, moderately, ornamented, outdreamed, radiometer, trematodes.

+3 letters: ameliorated, atmosphered, audiometers, deformative, democratize, demonstrate, dermatogens, dilatometer, dynamometer, embryonated, endometrial, gradiometer, homesteader, madreporite, meteoroidal, overmatched, predominate, radiometers, reformatted, remediation, remortgaged, remotivated, renominated, steamrolled, terraformed.

+4 letters: agglomerated, audiometries, commemorated, commiserated, democratized, democratizer, democratizes, demonstrable, demonstrated, demonstrates, dermatophyte, determinator, diastereomer, dilatometers, dynamometers, gradiometers, headforemost, hemichordate, homesteaders, immoderately, impersonated, madreporites, moderateness, mousetrapped, overmastered, overmedicate, predominated, predominates, preformatted, premeditator, prenominated, radioelement, radiometries, reformulated, remediations, remonstrated, somersaulted, temporalized, thermostated, unornamented, ventromedial.