Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Adjective: temperate  tempurut
  1. (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
    "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants"
     
  2. Not extreme in behaviour
    "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
     
  3. Not extreme
    "temperate in his response to criticism"
    - moderate

See also: abstemious, clement, cold-temperate, equable, light, mild, moderate, restrained, temperately, temperateness

Antonym: intemperate

Encyclopedia: Temperate