moderation

Other forms of moderation

plural

moderations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about moderation

What does moderation mean?

moderation means "quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in moderation?

moderation has 4 syllables: mo-de-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˌmɑdɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for moderation?

Close synonyms include moderateness, easing, relief, temperance, mitigation. 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 moderation?

The recorded antonyms are immoderation.

Is moderation a common word?

moderation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with moderation?

133 words rhyme with moderation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.