Thesaurus:temperate

Thesaurus

temperate

English

Adjective

Sense: not marked with passion

Synonyms

• abstemious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• calm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• collected
• composed
• continent
• cool
• dispassionate
• inexcitable
• imperturbable
• regular (rare)
• sedate
• sober    [⇒ thesaurus]
• steady    [⇒ thesaurus]
• staid
• temperate
• undisturbed
• unexcitable
• unexcited
• unimpassioned
• unpassionate
• unperturbed
• unruffled
• unstirred
• unsusceptible

Antonyms

• excitable
• fanciful
• passionate
• tempestuous
• volatile
• wild

Hyponyms

• abstemious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• self-abnegatory    [⇒ thesaurus]
• virginal    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• moderate    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• orderly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• organized
• patient
• professional
• restrained
• serious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stoic
• stoical

See also

• Thesaurus:calm (not agitated)
• Thesaurus:moderate (not excessive)
• Thesaurus:sober (not drunk)

Further reading

• “826. inexcitability” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “temperate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.