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up (on): He would get along better if he moderated the violence
of his reactions and learned to relax. 6 mediate, arbitrate,
referee, judge, chair, supervise, preside (over), coordinate,
run, regulate, manage, direct: Professor Gill will moderate the
panel discussion.
moderately
adv. somewhat, rather, quite, fairly, pretty, comparatively,
slightly, passably, more or less; to some extent, within reason,
to a certain extent, to a degree, to some degree, in some
measure, in moderation, within limits; temperately; Colloq sort
of, kind of: Clifford is moderately well off. It was a
moderately hot day.
moderator n. mediator, arbiter, arbitrator, judge, referee, umpire;
Chiefly US chair, chairperson, chairman, chairwoman, chairlady,
presiding officer, president, coordinator, (discussion) leader;
anchorman, anchorwoman; master of ceremonies, toastmaster, Brit
compŠre, Colloq emcee, MC: Lady Felicia was chosen as the
moderator of next year's panel.
modern adj. up to date, current, contemporary, today's, new, fresh,
novel, brand-new, up to the minute, present-day, latest,
new-fashioned, newfangled; … la mode, modish, in vogue,
fashionable, in fashion, stylish, in style, chic, Chiefly Brit
flavour of the month, Slang trendy, in, with it, mod, hip, hot:
Elaine has little patience with modern electronic gadgets.
modernize v. renovate, streamline, redo, redecorate, refurbish,
refurnish, update, do over, rejuvenate, refresh, revamp,
redesign, remodel, refashion, remake: We installed air
conditioning when we modernized our offices.
modest adj. 1 unassuming, unpresuming, humble, unpretentious,
unobtrusive, reserved, retiring, diffident, shy, bashful,
demure, coy, shame-faced, self-effacing, self-conscious,
reticent, reluctant, timid, meek, timorous, Rare verecund:
Caroline is quite modest about her accomplishments. 2 humble,
simple, plain, ordinary, unpretentious, homely, lowly,
unexceptional, unostentatious; inconspicuous, unobtrusive: They
live in a modest little cottage. 3 moderate, limited,
understated, unimportunate, unexaggerated, reasonable, sensible,
constrained, restricted, restrained: The workers' demands seem