HyperDic: temperate

English > 3 senses of the word *temperate*:
ADJECTIVE	all	temperate	(of weather or climate) free from extremes / extremes
	all	temperate	not extreme / extreme in behavior
	all	temperate, moderate	not extreme / extreme

temperate > pronunciation
Sounds	teh'mperaht; teh'mpraht
Rhymes	abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...

English > *temperate*: 3 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	(of weather or climate) free from extremes / extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate.
Examples	"a temperate region" "the temperate zones" "temperate plants"
Narrower	cold-temperate	The colder parts of temperate waters
Narrower	equable	not varying
See also	clement	(of weather or climate) physically mild
Opposite	intemperate	(of weather or climate) not mild
Nouns	temperateness	moderate weather

English > *temperate*: 3 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	not extreme / extreme in behavior.
Examples	"temperate in his habits" "a temperate response to an insult" "temperate in his eating and drinking"
Narrower	abstemious, light	marked by temperance in indulgence
Narrower	moderate, restrained	marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes / extremes
See also	mild	moderate in type or degree or effect or force
See also	moderate	Within reasonable or average limits
Opposite	intemperate	excessive in behavior
Spanish	frugal, moderado, temperado
Catalan	frugal, moderat, temperat
Nouns	temperateness	exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
Adverbs	temperately	without extravagance
Adverbs	temperately	in a sparing manner

English > *temperate*: 3 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	not extreme / extreme.
Example	"temperate in his response to criticism"
Synonym	moderate
Broader	mild	moderate in type or degree or effect or force
Spanish	moderado
Catalan	moderat

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