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Synonyms for temperate
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : tem-per-it, tem-prit |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛm pər ɪt, ˈtɛm prɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for temperate Other synonyms for the word temperate
- checked
- clement
- collected
- composed
- conservative
- constant
- continent
- cool
- curbed
- discreet
- dispassionate
- equable
- even
- even-tempered
- fair
- gentle
- medium
- moderate
- modest
- reasonable
- regulated
- self-controlled
- self-restrained
- self-restraining
- sensible
- soft
- stable
- steady
- unexcessive
- unextreme
- unimpassioned
- warm
Définition of temperate
Origin :- late 14c., of persons, "modest, forbearing, self-restrained," from Latin temperatus "restrained, regulated," from past participle of temperare "to moderate, regulate" (see temper (v.)). Applied to climates mid-15c.; temperate zone is attested from 1550s. Related: Temperately; temperateness.
- adj calm, moderate
- adj controlled, sober
- Not a hand was raised—for his worst enemies could not deny that he was temperate and frugal.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I am like the drunkard who admires a temperate life, yet can't pass a ginshop.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- It was a mistake, then, was it, to be temperate and industrious?
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- A temperate and instructive contribution to railroad literature.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
- He was temperate in his rationalism and thrifty in his philanthropy.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- And being perfect, is therefore wise and valiant and temperate and just.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- So if they found a mineral deposit, it would have been in a temperate zone.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- Well, but is a just man the friend of the unjust, or the temperate of the intemperate, or the good of the bad?
- Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
- And he is temperate as well as just, for he is the ruler of the desires, and if he rules them he must be temperate.
- Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
- And a coward would do less than a courageous and temperate man?
- Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato
Antonyms for temperate
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