moderation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
Types & categories
- level hypernym
- golden mean hyponym
- reasonableness hyponym
Related & opposite
- immoderation antonym
- moderate attribute
- immoderate attribute
- moderate derivation
- tame derivation
- curb derivation
- moderate derivation
- moderate derivation
- moderate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a change for the better
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- disembarrassment hyponym
- breath of fresh air hyponym
Related & opposite
- facilitate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the trait of avoiding excesses
Types & categories
- natural virtue hypernym
- restraint hypernym
- sobriety hyponym
- abstemiousness hyponym
Related & opposite
- intemperance antonym
- moderationist derivation
Sense 4 noun
the action of lessening in severity or intensity
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- mince derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | immoderation |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | immoderate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tame |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | curb |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | level |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | golden mean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reasonableness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disembarrassment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | breath of fresh air |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | intemperance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderationist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural virtue |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | restraint |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sobriety |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | abstemiousness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mince |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | abatement |