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Definition of moderate : 1. Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
2. Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.
3. Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.
4. Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.
5. Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
6. Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind.
7. Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist.
8. Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.
9. One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
10. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
11. To preside as a moderator.
12. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.
13. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.

Synonyms:

correct, curtail, mid-range, tone down, weaken, arrest, chair, intermediate, take for, conquer, give, go, train, friend, suppress, confine, view as, incorporate, exponent, withstand, run, comprise, restraint, turn back, verify, admit, reclaim, indifferent, midsize, reserve, slight, enclose, correspond, harden, good, concur, muffle, temper, keep in line, acceptable, fairish, lower, book, go for, domesticize, suss out, small, tick off, extend, conduct, immoderate, declare, impartial, chasten, halt, harbor, guard, bear, adjudge, have, hold back, result, guide, fair, curb, sponsor, careful, naturalise, modest, unemotional, dilute, midway, check, keep back, defend, check up on, cut back, watch, stop, ideologue, gibe, centrist, plain, find out, mark off, carry, supervise, crack, straight, minimalist, delay, retain, take, tally, deliberate, middle-sized, dull, considered, radical, discipline, balanced, pass, decline, ensure, learn, tick, subside, middle of the roader, objurgate, look into, support, middle-class, tame, insure, naturalize, leave, rational, castigate, direct, defy, edge, abstemious, restrict, sufficient, lead, decent, follower, proponent, strong, logical, conceal, reasonable, anneal, nominal, pragmatic, realistic, fit, hold in, throw, precede, nonviolent, money, decrease, light, obtain, conduce, manipulate, hold up, sympathizer, oblige, inconsiderable, damp, shrivel, limited, watch over, nurse, reduced, assure, chastise, erode, sustain, diminish, satisfactory, entertain, prevail, deem, balmy, head, practical, govern, extremist, stamp down, harbour, bind, mature, season, passable, clear-headed, guarded, cushion, chairman, low-priced, match, all right, maintain, have got, respectable, OK, check over, regular, sensible, supporter, chequer, domesticate, check out, look after, unimpassioned, domesticise, tidy, determine, master, checker, chip away, rise, nonpartisan, check into, relent, popular, mince, equable, mark, expensive, wasteful, check off, judicious, ascertain, intemperate, discreet, see, jibe, extreme, operate, yield, moderationist, marked down, contribute, concord, advocate, agree, mute, condition, go over, see to it, obligate, buffer, reticent, command, inhibit, hold, manage, central, accommodate, adherent, cautious, dampen, top, cultivate, adequate, control, grounded, break, dear, sound, retard, big, inexpensive, tolerable, make, low-key, contain, measured, take hold, regulated, medium-sized, goodish, apply, normalize, keep

lessen, mitigate, assuage, allay, palliate, relieve, reduce

abstinent, sober-minded, conservative, self-denying, frugal, prudent, temperate, self-depriving, restrained, sober, abnegating, ascetic, austere

economical, parsimonious, cheeseparing, cheap, sparing, thrifty, stingy

soothing, cool, soften, quiet, subdue, soft, innocuous, calm, restrain, alleviated, soothe, tranquil, compose, subdued, easy, ease, pacific, relax, alleviate, relaxed, abate, tranquilize, gentle, composed, pacify

economize, conserve, pinch pennies, save, scrimp, budget

gradual, imperceptible

imperturbable, nonchalant, mild, poker-faced, frigid, demure, passionless, dispassionate, detached, stoic, inscrutable, impassive, controlled, reserved, stoical, stolid, level-headed, placid, aloof, meek, apathetic, self-controlled, self-composed, serene, staid, neutral, steady, easygoing, unflappable, unexcitable, deadpan, even-tempered, numb, unhurried, cold-blooded

hush, smooth, appease, lull, mollify, defuse, stabilize, ebb, reconcile, placate, quell, conciliate

even, permissive, benign, insipid, genial, peaceable, cordial, broad-minded, open-minded, amiable, liberal, kind, lenient, benevolent, tolerant, sweet, libertarian, tender, lax, clement, charitable, peaceful, forbearing

dry, teetotaling

mean, middling, standard, ordinary, stock, halfway, customary, mid, run-of-the-mill, average, stereotype, mediocre, middle-of-the-road, median, commonplace, midmost, dominant, predominant, mezzo, everyday, medium, usual, conventional, common, normal

sedate, undisturbed, unruffled, still, collected

Usage examples:

• Hernandarias was named to fill it, and carried out his instructions in a moderate spirit. - "The South American Republics Part I of II", Thomas C. Dawson.
• By 1600 you could buy for a moderate sum a clock to use at home. - "Christopher and the Clockmakers", Sara Ware Bassett.
• " She's pulled down a bit since she come," said Karen, who gave Elizabeth but a moderate share of her good will at any time. - "Hills of the Shatemuc", Susan Warner.