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Moderate

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Similar meaning 28

Average 84% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Average 84% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Cautious 84% connected

Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a…

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Cautious 84% connected

Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a…

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Conservative 84% connected

Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

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Conservative 84% connected

Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

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Fair 84% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fair 84% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fairish 84% connected

Tolerably fair.

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Fairish 84% connected

Tolerably fair.

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Indifferent 84% connected

Not mal/ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without signif…

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Indifferent 84% connected

Not mal/ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without signif…

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Intermediate 84% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

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Intermediate 84% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

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Limited 84% connected

of Limit

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Limited 84% connected

of Limit

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Medium 84% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Medium 84% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Mild 84% connected

Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeab…

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Mild 84% connected

Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeab…

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Modest 84% connected

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstru…

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Modest 84% connected

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstru…

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Reasonable 84% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Reasonable 84% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Temperate 84% connected

Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

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Temperate 84% connected

Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

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Manner of action 14

Abnegate 76% connected

To deny and reject; to abjure.

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Bate 76% connected

Strife; contention.

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Conquer 76% connected

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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Counteract 76% connected

To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…

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Countercheck 76% connected

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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Crucify 76% connected

To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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Damp 76% connected

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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Deny 76% connected

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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Mortify 76% connected

To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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Subdue 76% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

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Suppress 76% connected

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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Thermostat 76% connected

A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing…

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Broader term 10

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Derivationally related 8

Moderateness 74% connected

The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

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Moderateness 74% connected

The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

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Moderation 74% connected

The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

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Moderation 74% connected

The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

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Containing group 2

Center 70% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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Centre 70% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

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See also 4

Mild 66% connected

Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeab…

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Mild 66% connected

Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeab…

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Temperate 66% connected

Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

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Temperate 66% connected

Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

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Attribute 4

Moderateness 66% connected

The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

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Moderateness 66% connected

The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

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Moderation 66% connected

The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

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Moderation 66% connected

The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

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Synonym 15

Chair 92% connected

A movable single seat with a back.

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Check 92% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Contain 92% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Control 92% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Curb 92% connected

To bend or curve

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Hold 92% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Lead 92% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Mince 92% connected

To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.

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Mollify 92% connected

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

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Restrained 92% connected

of Restrain

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Season 92% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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Soften 92% connected

To make soft or more soft.

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Tame 92% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

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Temper 92% connected

To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

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Temperate 92% connected

Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

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Antonym 2

Immoderate 94% connected

Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate…

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Immoderate 94% connected

Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate…

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