moderate
adjective
• average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.
• "we walked at a moderate pace"
Similar:
average,
modest,
medium,
middling,
ordinary,
common,
commonplace,
everyday,
workaday,
tolerable,
passable,
adequate,
fair,
decent,
mediocre,
indifferent,
uninspired,
undistinguished,
unexceptional,
unexciting,
unremarkable,
run-of-the-mill,
lacklustre,
forgettable,
inferior,
second-rate,
OK,
so-so,
bog-standard,
fair-to-middling,
(plain) vanilla,
nothing to write home about,
no great shakes,
not so hot,
not up to much,
half-pie,
reasonable,
within reason,
acceptable,
non-excessive,
within due limits,
inexpensive,
low,
cheap,
bargain-basement,
abstemious,
temperate,
restrained,
controlled,
sober,
steady,
regular,
not given to excesses,
easy,
even,
mild,
tolerant,
lenient,
moderate
noun
• a person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.
• "an unlikely alliance of radicals and moderates"
moderate
verb
• make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent.
• "I shall not moderate my criticism"
Similar:
die down,
abate,
let up,
calm down,
lessen,
grow less,
decrease,
diminish,
slacken,
ebb,
recede,
dwindle,
weaken,
subside,
curb,
control,
check,
keep in check,
keep under control,
hold in,
temper,
regulate,
restrain,
restrict,
subdue,
still,
damp,
repress,
tame,
break,
deaden,
lower,
reduce,
remit,
mitigate,
alleviate,
allay,
appease,
assuage,
ease,
palliate,
soothe,
soften,
calm,
modulate,
pacify,
mellow,
mince,
tone down,
• review (examination papers, results, or candidates) in relation to an agreed standard so as to ensure consistency of marking.
• "the dependability of an examining system rests on those who set, moderate, and mark the papers"
• (in academic and ecclesiastical contexts) preside over (a deliberative body) or at (a debate).
• "a panel moderated by a Harvard University law professor"
• monitor (an internet forum or online discussion) for inappropriate or offensive content.
• retard (neutrons) with a moderator.
• "the neutrons causing fission are not moderated but react at high energies"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin moderat- ‘reduced, controlled’, from the verb moderare ; related to modest.
