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adjective
calm, temperate
Synonyms: abstinent, balanced, bearable, careful, cautious, compromising, conservative, considerate, considered, controlled, cool, deliberate, disciplined, dispassionate, equable, even, gentle, impartial, inconsiderable, inexpensive, judicious, limited, low-key, measured, middle-of-the-road, midway, mild, modest, monotonous, neutral, nonpartisan, not excessive, pacific, peaceable, pleasant, reasonable, reserved, restrained, sober, soft, steady, straight, tame, tolerable, tolerant, tranquil, untroubled
Antonyms: excessive, extreme, immoderate, outrageous, uncontrolled, unlimited, unreasonable, unrestrained, violent, wild
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adjective
fair, average, so-so
Synonyms: bland, fairish, fair to middling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, middling, ordinary, paltry, passable, piddling, trifling, trivial, unexceptional
Antonyms: considerable, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, liberal, significant
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verb
restrain, control
Synonyms: abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, chasten, check, constrain, cool, cool out, curb, decline, decrease, die down, diminish, ease off, fall, lessen, let up, meet halfway, mitigate, modify, modulate, mollify, pacify, play down, qualify, quiet, reduce, regulate, relent, relieve, repress, slacken, slow, soften, soft-pedal, subdue, subside, tame, temper, tone down, wane
Antonyms: egg on, free, incite, let go, liberate, unleash
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verb
mediate, arbitrate
Synonyms: chair, judge, make peace, negotiate, preside, referee, take the chair, umpire
Antonyms: turn over