Antonyms of adj immoderate

1 sense of immoderate

Sense 1
immoderate (vs. moderate) -- (beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending")

moderate (vs. immoderate) -- (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")
        => average, intermediate, medium -- (around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers")
        => cautious, conservative -- (avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate")
        => fair, fairish, reasonable -- (not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices")
        => indifferent -- (neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb")
        => limited -- (not excessive)
        => middle-of-the-road -- (not extreme, especially in political views)
        => minimalist -- (advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics))
        => modest, small -- (not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way")

Similarity of adj immoderate

1 sense of immoderate

Sense 1
immoderate (vs. moderate) -- (beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending")
       => abnormal -- (much greater than the normal; "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition")
       => all-fired -- (extreme; used as an intensifier; "why is he in such an all-fired hurry?")
       => exaggerated, overdone, overstated -- (represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself")
       => excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable -- (beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands")
       => exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious -- (greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending")
       => extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful -- (far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience")
       => extreme -- (far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger")
       => extreme -- (beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions")
       => extremist, radical, ultra -- ((used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative")
       => far -- (beyond a norm in opinion or actions; "the far right")
       => stark -- (complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast")
          Also See-> intemperate#2; intense#1; unreasonable#1

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