moderate (n.)
- alter
- ambling
- arrest
- average
- backwater
- bargain
- bland
- bound
- brake
- budget
- calm
- cautious
- center
- central
- centrist
- chair
- check
- clement
- common
- compromiser
- condition
- conservative
- constant
- control
- cool
- coordinate
- copyright
- crawling
- creeping
- curb
- cushion
- damp
- decrease
- delay
- discipline
- ease
- easy
- ebb
- economy
- even
- fair
- fall
- faltering
- flagging
- gentle
- gradual
- grave
- half-and-half
- hedge
- idle
- independent
- intermediary
- intermediate
- judge
- lax
- lay
- leaven
- limit
- limping
- low
- lumbering
- mean
- median
- mediate
- medium
- middle
- middling
- midway
- moderationist
- namby-pamby
- narrow
- neuter
- neutral
- nominal
- nonpartisan
- normal
- okay
- ordinary
- passive
- patent
- patient
- poking
- poky
- rational
- reef
- referee
- register
- remit
- retard
- routine
- run
- scant
- season
- shoddy
- shuffling
- slack
- slight
- slow
- small
- smother
- standard
- stay
- steady
- stifle
- stint
- tame
- temper
- tender
- tidy
- token
- trifling
- umpire
- wane
moderate (v.)
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- alter
- arbitrate
- arrest
- assuage
- attemper
- average
- backpedal
- bargain
- blunt
- bound
- brake
- budget
- calm
- center
- chair
- chasten
- check
- circumscribe
- compassionate
- condition
- confine
- constrain
- contain
- control
- cool
- coordinate
- copyright
- curb
- cushion
- damp
- dampen
- de-emphasize
- deaden
- decelerate
- decrease
- defuse
- delay
- deliberate
- detain
- diminish
- direct
- discipline
- downplay
- dull
- ease
- easy
- ebb
- even
- extenuate
- fair
- fall
- gentle
- grave
- hedge
- idle
- impede
- intercede
- intermediate
- interpose
- intervene
- judge
- lax
- lay
- leaven
- lenify
- lessen
- lighten
- limit
- low
- manage
- mean
- mediate
- middle
- mitigate
- modify
- modulate
- mollify
- narrow
- negotiate
- neuter
- obstruct
- obtund
- okay
- palliate
- patent
- qualify
- reduce
- reef
- referee
- register
- regulate
- relax
- relaxed
- relent
- relieve
- remit
- represent
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- run
- scant
- season
- sedate
- slack
- slacken
- slight
- slow
- smother
- sober
- soften
- soothe
- specialize
- stay
- steady
- stifle
- stint
- straiten
- subdue
- subside
- supervise
- suppress
- tame
- temper
- tender
- tidy
- token
- umpire
- underplay
- wane
- weaken
moderate (adj.)
- acceptable
- accepting
- adequate
- admissible
- ambling
- apathetic
- average
- balanced
- banal
- bland
- blunt
- bound
- budget
- calm
- cautious
- center
- central
- centrist
- cheap
- circumspect
- clement
- common
- compassionate
- condition
- conservative
- constant
- controlled
- cool
- coordinate
- damp
- decent
- deliberate
- direct
- discreet
- dull
- ease
- easy
- easygoing
- economic
- equable
- even
- fair
- fairish
- faltering
- fifty-fifty
- flagging
- forbearing
- forgiving
- frugal
- gentle
- goodish
- gradual
- grave
- half-and-half
- halting
- humane
- idle
- impartial
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- independent
- indifferent
- indolent
- inexpensive
- insipid
- intermediate
- judicious
- lackluster
- languid
- languorous
- lax
- lay
- lazy
- leisurely
- lenient
- low
- low-priced
- lumbering
- manageable
- mean
- measured
- medial
- median
- mediate
- mediocre
- medium
- merciful
- middle
- middle-of-the-road
- middling
- midway
- mild
- modest
- namby-pamby
- narrow
- neuter
- neutral
- nominal
- nonaligned
- nonpartisan
- nonviolent
- normal
- okay
- ordinary
- pacifistic
- paltry
- passable
- passive
- patent
- patient
- peaceable
- peaceful
- piddling
- poky
- presentable
- prudent
- rational
- reasonable
- relaxed
- reluctant
- respectable
- restrained
- routine
- run
- satisfactory
- scant
- sedate
- sensible
- serious
- shabby
- shoddy
- slack
- slight
- slothful
- slow
- slow-moving
- sluggish
- small
- so-so
- sober
- sobersided
- soft
- solemn
- sparing
- staggering
- staid
- standard
- steady
- stinting
- sufficient
- tame
- tedious
- temperate
- tender
- tentative
- tidy
- token
- tolerable
- tolerant
- tottering
- trifling
- trivial
- uncommitted
- unexceptionable
- unexceptional
- unhurried
- unimpassioned
- uninvolved
- unobjectionable
- usual
- vapid
- wishy-washy
- workmanlike
While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred.
Pray, Goody, please to moderate the rancour of your tongue!
Why flash those sparks of fury from your eyes?
Remember, when the judgment's weak the prejudice is strong.
