The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BATE , but the solution may also be EASEUP which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Moderate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BATE | 24 % | 4 |
| ABATE | 16 % | 5 |
| TEMPER | 9 % | 6 |
| EASY | 9 % | 4 |
| EASE | 7 % | 4 |
| EASEUP | 5 % | 6 |
| MIDDLEOFTHEROAD | 5 % | 15 |
| MILD | 4 % | 4 |
| CENTRIST | 3 % | 8 |
| LOW | 2 % | 3 |
| RELENT | 2 % | 6 |
| TEPID | 2 % | 5 |
| GENTLE | 1 % | 6 |
| EVEN | 1 % | 4 |
| CENTRAL | 1 % | 7 |
| GRADUAL | 1 % | 7 |
| SOFTEN | 1 % | 6 |
| RESTRAINED | 1 % | 10 |
| ALLEVIATE | 1 % | 9 |
| LETUP | 1 % | 5 |
| LESSEN | 1 % | 6 |
| SLAKE | 1 % | 5 |
| SOBER | 1 % | 5 |
| PRESIDE | 1 % | 7 |
| DECREASE | 1 % | 8 |
| REMIT | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Moderate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- temperate
- moderationist
- mild
- soften
- hold in
- small
- tone down
- fairish
- limited
- cautious
- restrained
- modest
Crossword Answer definitions
BATE verb- To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (sometimes figurative) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To leave out, except, bar.
- To waste away.
- To deprive of.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- Strife; contention.
- To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
- A vat which contains this liquid.
- To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- To hit; strike
- To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
- To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- (In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
- To indicate by beating or drumming.
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
- To arrive at a place before someone.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To rob.
- To masturbate.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BATE
- Ease
- Restrain
- Subside
- Diminish
- Decrease
- Lessen
- Moderate
- Make less intense
- Hold back, as breath
- Lessen in intensity
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result TEMPER
- It may be lost
- Mitigate
- State of mind
- Soften or harden
- Disposition
- Short fuse, so to speak
- Mark of a hothead
- Tone down
- __ tantrum
- Frame of mind
More clues leading to the result EASY
- Piece of cake
- Simple
- "___ Rider"
- "____ Rider" (Fonda film)
- Like a piece of cake
- Like pie?
- Piece of cake?
- Word before street or chair
- __ listening (radio format)
- __-Off oven cleaner
More clues leading to the result EASE
More clues leading to the result EASEUP
- "Leave me alone!"
- Pull back a bit
- Lower the intensity
- Become moderate
- Put the brakes on
- Slack off
- Show a little mercy
- Slacken
- Relax
- Abate
More clues leading to the result MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
- So-so
- Moderate, in politics
- Politically moderate
- Political inclinationj
- Political position
- Moderate
- Neither left nor right, politically
- Way of some politicians.
- Political position.
- Conservative.
More clues leading to the result MILD
- Not so hot
- Springtime weather
- Good-tempered
- Not so spicy
- Salsa jar adjective
- Salsa option
- Buffalo wings order
- Having southerly breezes
- Temperate
- Clement
More clues leading to the result CENTRIST
More clues leading to the result LOW
- Like some blows
- Girl Scout founder
- Immoral
- First gear
- Contemptible
- In need of supplies
- Like a bass
- Underhanded
- With 39-Across, like some cigarettes
- At sea level
More clues leading to the result RELENT
More clues leading to the result TEPID
- Luke warm
- Lukewarm
- Luke-warm
- Not so hot
- Halfhearted
- Room temperature
- Unenthusiastic
- Hardly overwhelming, as a response
- Just above room temperature
- Unenthusiastic, as a response
More clues leading to the result GENTLE
- OK for a baby's skin, say
- Easy to handle
- Not too difficult
- Having a soft touch
- Dove-like
- Soothing
- Sweet-tempered
- Dovish
- Kind
- Nonabrasive
More clues leading to the result EVEN
- Deadlocked
- Fair
- In a dead heat
- Like a two-and-two count
- One way to break
- Smooth over
- Square
- Tied
- Way to keep the keel
- "_____ Steven"
More clues leading to the result CENTRAL
- With 54 Down, warmer
- Smack-dab in the middle
- Like 30-Across
- Like a keystone
- Oklahoma's time zone
- Chief
- Like this grid entry
- Dominant
- "___Park West"
- ___ America
More clues leading to the result GRADUAL
- Gentle
- Slow and steady
- Moderate
- Bit-by-bit
- Slow
- Changing slowly
- Not all at once
- Done by degrees
- Gentle.
- Slow.
More clues leading to the result SOFTEN
- Grow less adamant
- Relent
- Melt
- Tone down
- Cushion
- Use saddle soap on, say
- Mellow
- Cushion, as a blow
- Alleviate
- Reduce the mineral content of, as water
More clues leading to the result RESTRAINED
- Checked
- Checked.
- Held back.
- Curbed
- Showing discipline
- Moderate
- Controlled
- Bridled
- What roadies did to stop the groupies
- Held back
More clues leading to the result ALLEVIATE
More clues leading to the result LETUP
More clues leading to the result LESSEN
- Diminish
- Abate
- Ebb
- Cut down on auditor's classroom assignment (6)
- Ease up, as pressure
- Pull back
- Subside
- Cut back
- Mitigate
- Let up
More clues leading to the result SLAKE
- Quench
- Satisfy, as thirst
- Refresh
- Deintensify, as thirst
- Relieve, as a thirst
- Allay by satisfying
- Relieve, as thirst
- Satisfy, as a thirst
- Quench, as thirst
- Quench, as a thirst
More clues leading to the result SOBER
- Judgelike?
- Like the designated driver
- Serious or solemn
- Clear-headed
- On the wagon
- No longer drinking
- Clean
- Straight
- Not at all giddy
- Not at all tipsy
More clues leading to the result PRESIDE
- Chair a meeting
- Be in charge
- Chair
- Act the chair
- Be the chair
- Have the chair
- Have jurisdiction (over)
- Chair, with "over"
- Exercise control (over)
- Chair a meeting.