Synonyms for immoderate
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
excessive, extreme, inordinate, intemperate, unrestrained, undue, unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, intense, lavish, unbridled, wanton, overweening, outrageous, unjustifiable, exaggerated, overmuch, steep, radical, enormous, unconscionable, great, gurt UK, extortionate, usurious, fierce, prodigal, stiff, unmeasured, preposterous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not moderate; excessive.
Example sentences
- extreme The town is located in the extreme north of Japan.
- excessive The government's expenditures are a bit excessive.
- inordinate You're spending an inordinate amount of time there.
- unreasonable You can't reason with someone who is unreasonable.
- extravagant She considered him extravagant with electricity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| immoderate | steady | |
| extreme | steady | |
| excessive | falling | |
| inordinate | steady | |
| intemperate | steady | |
| unreasonable | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, steep1, stiff1, undue2
- 6 letters
- fierce1, lavish2, wanton2
- 7 letters
- extreme2, intense2, radical3
- 8 letters
- enormous3, prodigal3, usurious, overmuch
- 9 letters
- excessive3, unbridled3
- 10 letters
- outrageous3, exorbitant4, inordinate4, unmeasured
- 11 letters
- exaggerated5, extravagant4, intemperate4, overweening
- 12 letters
- unreasonable4, preposterous4, unrestrained3, extortionate4
- 13 letters
- unjustifiable6
- 14 letters
- unconscionable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (undue2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- immodéré
- Italiano
- immoderato