Synonyms of moderating

moderating 1 of 2

adjective

as in waning

Related Words

• waning
• dying (down)
• abating
• subsiding
• ebbing
• stopping
• letting up
• closing
• passing
• concluding
• dying
• terminating
• finishing
• ending
• ceasing
• lapsing
• winding up
• discontinuing
• quitting
• desisting
• expiring
• leaving off

Dissimilar Words

• remaining
• residual
• leftover
• lingering
• lasting
• enduring
• continuing
• persisting
• abiding
• holding up
• keeping up
• biding
• holding on
• perduring
• running on

moderating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of moderate

as in decreasing

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

the wind began to moderate as the night wore on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decreasing
• diminishing
• subsiding
• declining
• easing
• shrinking
• falling
• vanishing
• tapering
• lowering
• ebbing
• lessening
• waning
• weakening
• dropping (off)
• dying (away or down or out)
• dwindling
• relenting
• draining (away)
• receding
• remitting
• tapering off
• falling away
• ratcheting (down)
• evaporating
• abating
• racheting (down)
• de-escalating
• letting up
• phasing down
• palling
• compressing
• condensing
• alleviating
• collapsing
• contracting
• melting (away)
• constricting
• slackening
• slowing (down)
• relaxing
• fading (away)
• flagging
• tailing (off)
• frittering (away)
• petering (out)
• giving out
• sinking
• deflating
• caving (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• growing
• rising
• expanding
• building
• intensifying
• enlarging
• mounting
• swelling
• escalating
• accumulating
• soaring
• burgeoning
• emerging
• appearing
• picking up
• waxing
• snowballing
• mushrooming
• ballooning
• showing up
• lengthening
• blowing up
• elongating
• distending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moderating

Verb

By Monday, temperatures begin moderating again, with sunshine and highs returning to the lower to mid 60s. — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Hurley will be a welcome moderating voice in the Senate and a worthy successor to Cunningham, who endorsed her. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

As offshore winds push the air over from the dry inland desert and mountains, there has been no moderating force to cool things down quickly. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Headline indicators show low unemployment and moderating inflation, yet perceptions of household finances remain far less upbeat. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Today, Dunham is moderating a Q&A with designer Isaac Mizrahi at Film Forum for the restoration of his legendary 1995 documentary Unzipped. — Grace Byron, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026

With decades of experience, the ABC World News Tonight and 20/20 journalist and anchor has done it all — from moderating presidential debates, to interviewing world leaders as well as bringing light to humanitarian crises. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

If live sports are the only thing preventing the bundle from vanishing outright, a stable virtual MVPD market has gone a long way toward moderating the overall losses in the pay-TV space. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Despite a growing debate this month on whether to slow the development of AI models, there's been little sign that investment into compute infrastructure is moderating. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026