Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

The word "temperate" can be used as adjective, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

intemperate

Derived Terms

and the cold less than in the frigid zone so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone temperate rainforest temperate zone that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle

Etymologically Related To

temper

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

moderate

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

self-abnegatory virginal

Related Terms

orderly organized patient professional restrained serious stoic stoical temper temperature

Related Terms

clement excessive mild moderate temper temperance temperature tempered

Similar Terms

abstemious abstemious clement cold temperate cold-temperate equable equable light mild mild moderate restrained restrained

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