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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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