temperateness

Other forms of temperateness

plural

temperatenesses·

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 temperateness

What does temperateness mean?

temperateness means "moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in temperateness?

temperateness has 5 syllables: tem-pe-ra-te-ness. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for temperateness?

Close synonyms include fair weather, sunshine, self-restraint. 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 temperateness a common word?

temperateness 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.