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Adjectives (7)
temperate
adj. not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
sparing
adj. not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
moderate
adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
moderately cold
adj. comfortably cool: "a cool room"
balmy, equable, mild
adj. mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"
Fuzzynyms (85)
cautious, conservative
adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
pale, pastel, whitish, palish, light-colored, light-coloured
adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
scotch, sparing, economical, frugal, stinting
adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
thin, sparse
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
blind, unreasonable, unreasoning
adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
hideous, horrid, outrageous
adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
incongruous, unreasonable, absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
overpriced
adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"
expensive
adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"
steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious
adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
giving, liberal, big, handsome, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, free-handed, big-hearted
adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
extreme, Olympian, great, exceptional, prodigious, exceeding, surpassing
adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
exuberant, excessive, overweening, extravagant
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
outermost, outmost
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
pale, pastel, whitish, palish, light-colored, light-coloured
adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
calm
adj. (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"
peaceful
adj. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"
quiet, quiescent
adj. marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town"
quiet
adj. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
smooth, still, quiet, placid, unruffled
adj. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
Synonyms (24)
mild
adj. moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism"
moderate
adj. being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
abstinent, abstentious
adj. self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
Spartan, ascetic, ascetical, austere
adj. practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
gentle
adj. soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"
mild-mannered
adj. behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner
air-cooled
adj. cooled by a flow of air; "an air-cooled engine"
air-conditioned
adj. cooled by air conditioning
chill, chilly
adj. uncomfortably cool; "a chill wind"; "chilly weather"
chilled
adj. made cold: "a frosty glass of chilled lemonade"
cooled
adj. made or become cool or made cool as specified; often used as a combining form: "air-cooled"; "the cooled milk was put in the refrigerator"
iced
adj. cooled with ice: "iced tea"
caller, cooling
adj. providing coolness; "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"
precooled, pre-cooled
adj. cooled in advance
water-cooled
adj. kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water; "a water-cooled engine"
fine, halcyon
adj. "June's halcyon weather"; "a fine day"
Antonyms (6)
intemperate
adj. excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"
immoderate
adj. not within reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
deep, profound
adj. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
stormy, inclement
adj. (of weather or climate) severe
temperate
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