moderationist

1. 1.

   a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer)

   Broaderdrinker
2. 2.

   a person who takes a position in the political center

   Synonymscentristmiddle of the roadermoderate

   Broaderadult

   Part ofcenter

Other forms of moderationist

plural

moderationists·

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 moderationist

What does moderationist mean?

moderationist means "a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in moderationist?

moderationist has 6 syllables: mo-de-ra-ti-o-nist. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for moderationist?

Close synonyms include centrist, middle of the roader, moderate. 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.

Is moderationist a common word?

moderationist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.