intemperate

1. 1.

   (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes

   “an intemperate climate”

   “intemperate zones”

   Antonymstemperate
2. 2.

   excessive in behavior

   “intemperate rage”

   Antonymstemperate

   Similarbig
3. 3.

   given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

   “a hard drinker”

   Synonymshardheavy

   Similarindulgent

Questions about intemperate

What does intemperate mean?

intemperate means "(of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intemperate?

intemperate has 4 syllables: in-tem-pe-rate. The stress falls on "tem". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈtɛmpɚət/.

What is another word for intemperate?

Close synonyms include hard, heavy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of intemperate?

The recorded antonyms are temperate, temperate.

Is intemperate a common word?

intemperate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.