Synonyms of moderation

moderation

noun

as in temperance

an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits

the kind of person who does everything in moderation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• temperance
• temperateness
• discipline
• moderateness
• restraint
• reasonableness
• reasonability
• sacrifice
• self-control
• self-discipline
• rationality
• frugality
• constraint
• avoidance
• abstention
• control
• asceticism
• mortification
• self-mastery
• forbearance
• sensibleness
• self-denial
• abnegation
• austerity
• abstinence
• eschewal
• self-command
• soberness
• sobriety
• teetotalism
• sensibility
• middle-of-the-roadism
• rationalness
• self-containment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• immoderation
• excessiveness
• excess
• intemperance
• extremity
• superfluity
• extremism
• extremeness
• unrestraint
• immoderateness
• immoderacy
• intemperateness
• irrationality
• unreasonableness
• radicalness
• unconstraint
• insobriety

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moderation

However, a moderation error caused a delay in the livestream’s removal. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

Just as social media has no value without people, content moderation can’t succeed without human judgment at the forefront. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026

Miami law enforcement received multiple calls about the incident—including one from the TikTok moderation team, the spokesperson says—and arrived at Hilton’s house to find him alone. — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 6 Aug. 2026

The spokesperson added that a moderation error caused a delay in taking the livestream down. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Lawrence, whose campaign is centered on the economy, opposing AI data centers and keeping money at home instead of funding foreign wars, argues that the conventional wisdom about moderation being the key to electability is all wrong. — Tamara Keith, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Political scientists say such voters don’t always act as rational strategists, often skipping the race or relying on simple cues like gender, incumbency or local ties rather than ideological moderation. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

In a similar vein, leading progressives have sought recently to paint their ideas as the real moderation. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

The pair say the issue of online safety is a global humanitarian issue and have spent years calling on platforms to implement better content-moderation policies and bolder online protections. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026