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Synonyms for temperate

Most common

mild moderate cool warm

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Mild — moderate; not excessive. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions

mild, moderate, cool, warm, calm, continent, sober, dispassionate, reasonable, abstinent, sedate, genial, chaste, unruffled, abstemious, steady, mellow, imperturbable, restrained, staid, frugal, unperturbed

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Moderate; not excessive. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions

    temperate in eating and drinking.

Related words

Word family
temperately temperateness temper temperature
Is a kind of
moderate

Example sentences

  • warm Suddenly, it started to look almost nice and warm.
  • calm Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.
  • mild Spring brings mild weather after the cold winter.
  • dispassionate Tom always sounds so dispassionate, no matter what he's talking about.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
temperatesteady
warmrising
calmrising
mildsteady
dispassionatesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
cool1, warm1, calm1, mild1
5 letters
sober2, staid1
6 letters
steady2, mellow2, frugal2, sedate2, chaste1, genial2
8 letters
moderate3
9 letters
continent3, abstinent3, unruffled3
10 letters
reasonable4, restrained2, abstemious
11 letters
unperturbed3
13 letters
dispassionate4, imperturbable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sober2 = 2 syllables).

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