Synonyms of equable

equable

adjective

ˈe-kwə-bəl 

as in temperate

marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low

an area with an equable climate would be our first choice for a place in which to settle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• temperate
• mild
• gentle
• sunny
• genial
• moderate
• soft
• balmy
• clement
• pleasant
• peaceful
• delightful
• tranquil
• calm
• placid
• cloudless
• clear
• fair
• sunshiny
• rainless
• halcyon
• fine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• severe
• harsh
• intemperate
• inclement
• rough
• stormy
• breezy
• windy
• gusty
• rainy
• misty
• blustery
• gray
• gloomy
• grey
• dismal
• bleak
• cloudy
• hazy
• overcast
• squally
• blustering
• foggy
• bitter
• raw
• showery
• dirty
• foul
• nasty
• sunless

Synonym Chooser

How does the adjective equable differ from other similar words?

The words even and steady are common synonyms of equable. While all three words mean "not varying throughout a course or extent," equable implies lack of extremes or of sudden sharp changes.

maintain an equable temper

When would even be a good substitute for equable?

The words even and equable are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, even suggests a lack of variation in quality or character.

an even distribution

In what contexts can steady take the place of equable?

The synonyms steady and equable are sometimes interchangeable, but steady implies lack of fluctuation or interruption of movement.

steady progress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of equable

Journalism’s trainer Michael McCarthy has been quite equable about all the chatter out of that direction. —Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

Wolcott is an equable type with cropped dark hair and a preference for business-casual attire, which in the Pacific Northwest qualifies as formal wear. —E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024

The elves with which the casual viewer or reader is familiar may be noble, equable creatures. —Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023

The climate of the Pala valley is delightfully balmy and equable. —Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023

Its colorful international cast of players and their equable manager, Carlo Ancelotti — returning after years to reverse the team’s fortunes — might easily have been invented in a Hollywood writers room. —Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023

The young world of aviation came away thinking that L.A. — with its basin of wide, flat places and equable weather — was indeed the place for aviation’s future. —Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023

He was simply bowled over by the beauty and the energy of the place, the broad-mindedness, the equable weather, the dramatic geography. —Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022

The equable-nerd manner that colleagues once noted in Alito deserted him soon after Barack Obama became President. —Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2022