temperate
Temperate means mild, moderate. If you're a temperate person, you are calm, reasonable. If you live in a temperate climate, it's warm and sunny, but not too hot.
Like other words that sound similar, temperate has to do with measurement and range. Temperatures measure how hot and cold things are and someone with a temper is hot-headed or intemperate, the opposite of this word. A temperate person's life motto is summed up by Goldilocks: not too hot and not too cold, just right.
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not extreme
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(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate“a temperate region”“the temperate zones”“temperate plants”
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Synonyms:
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clement
(of weather or climate) physically mild
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cold-temperate
the colder parts of temperate waters
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equable
not varying
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Antonyms:
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intemperate
(of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes
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inclement
(of weather or climate) severe
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clement
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not extreme in behavior“temperate in his habits”“a temperate response to an insult”“temperate in his eating and drinking”
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Synonyms:
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mild
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
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moderate
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
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abstemious, light
marked by temperance in indulgence
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moderate, restrained
marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
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Antonyms:
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intemperate
excessive in behavior
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intense
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
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immoderate
beyond reasonable limits
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big, heavy
prodigious
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mild
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