Synonyms:1. reasonable, temperate, judicious, just, cool, steady, calm.
Moderate, temperate, judicious, reasonable all stress the avoidance of excess—emotional, physical, intellectual, or otherwise.
Moderate implies response or behavior that is by nature not excessive:
a moderate drinker, a moderate amount of assistance. Temperate, interchangeable with
moderate in some general uses, usually stresses the idea of caution, control, or self-restraint:
a surprisingly temperate response to the angry challenge. Judicious emphasizes prudence and the exercise of careful judgment:
a judicious balance between freedom and restraint; judicious care to offend neither side. Reasonable suggests the imposition or adoption of limits derived from the application of reason or good sense:
a reasonable price; a reasonable amount of damages allotted to each claimant. 2. average.
8. meliorate, pacify, calm, mitigate, soften, mollify, temper, qualify, appease, abate, lessen, diminish.
See allay. 
[adj., n. mod-er-it, mod-rit; v. mod-uh-reyt] 
adjective, noun, verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
) a member of a political party advocating moderate reform.