Moderates

Synonyms for "moderates" (461 found)

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damp dampen de emphasize de-emphasize deaden decelerate decent defuse delay deliberate detain die down dilute diminish direct discipline discreet downplay draw rein draw the line

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dull dwindle ease ease off ease up easy easygoing ebb economic economical economy equable even extenuate fade fair fair to middling fairish fall faltering fifty-fifty flagging foot dragging foot-dragging forbearant forbearing forgiving fresh frugal gentle go between good enough goodish gradual grave half-and-half halting hedge hedge about hobbled hobbling hold back hold in check hold up humane idle impartial impede inconsequential inconsiderable independent indolent inexpensive insipid intercede intermediary interpose intervene judge judicious k keep back keep within bounds lackluster languid languorous laodicean lax lay lazy leaven leisurely lenient lenify lessen let down let up let up on liberal light lighten limit limited limping lose ground lose momentum lose speed low low priced low-priced lower lull lumbering make terms manage manageable mean measured medial median mediate mediocre medium meerschaum meet halfway merciful middle middle of road middle-of-the-road middle-of-the-roader

Verb(4 words)

ease off hold hold in lead

Adjective(3 words)

measured mellow middle of the road

Noun(1 words)

middle of the roader

Related words (230)

middling midway mild mild as milk mince minimalist mitigate moderantist moderationist moderatist modify modulate mollify namby pamby namby-pamby narrow negotiate neuter neutral nominal

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nonaligned noncommitted nonpartisan nonviolent normal not amiss not bad not half bad not so bad obstruct obtund of a kind of a sort of sorts officiate ok okay on the fence ordinary pacifistic pacify palliate paltry passable passive patent patient peaceable peaceful philosophical phlegmatic piddling play down poking poky presentable preside over pretty good prudent qualify quell rational reduce reduce the temperature reef referee register regulate regulate by rein rein in relax relaxed relent relieve reluctant remit represent respectable restrain restrict retard routine run satisfactory sauntering scant season sedate sensible serious set back set conditions set limits shabby shoddy shuffling slack slack off slack up slacken slight slothful slow slow as death slow as molasses slow as slow slow down slow up slow-crawling slow-foot slow-going slow-legged slow-moving slow-paced slow-poky slow-running slow-sailing slow-stepped sluggish small smother snail-paced snaillike so so so-so sober sober down sober-minded sobersided soft soft-shell soften solemn soothe sparing specialize staggering staid standard stay steady step in stifle stint stinting straiten strolling subdue subside sufficient supervise suppress sweeten take in sail take the edge off tame tedious temper tender tentative third world third-force third-world throttle throttle down tidy toddling token tolerable tolerant tone tortoiselike tottering treat with trifling trivial trudging tune down turtlelike umpire uncommitted underplay unexceptionable unexceptional unexcessive unexpensive unextreme unhurried unimpassioned uninvolved unobjectionable usual vapid waddling wane weaken wishy washy wishy-washy within means workmanlike worth the money

Adjective(17 words)

mild nonexcessive nonextreme nonfanatic parsimonious proper reasonable reasonous snippy sober spareful temperate tempered thrifty unexcessive unextravagant unextreme

Verb(8 words)

mince mitigate mollify season settle down tame temperate tone down

Noun(1 words)

moderationist

Adjective(2 words)

restrained temperate

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Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that white moderates were a bigger stumbling block to racial justice than the Ku Klux Klan.

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I wouldn't say I'm radical. I'm just passionate about my beliefs and believe moderates aren't doing enough.

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At this conference Mrs. Ward introduces the reader to the leaders of this new movement, from the moderates to the violent radicals.

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Importantly, this approach moderates the rate of change, so impacts and threats can be measured and monitored.

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