Qualities

Synonyms for moderate

The synonym for moderate recorded in this bank is restrained, in the sense "marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for moderate

restrainedadjective, in the sense "marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and moderate carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

Moderate in his demands.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

restrained

Same sentence, swapped: Restrained in his demands.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

blunt
respectable
sensible

Where moderate turns up in the game

moderate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where moderate is the trap

blandadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is flat, in the sense "lacking stimulating characteristics", and moderate is one of the three tiles that lose.
umpirenoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is arbiter, in the sense "someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue", so moderate is there to be ruled out.

Play moderate

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so moderate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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toughadjectivesturdysubstantially made or constructedRidgelineHas a reason line treacherousadjectiveunreliabledangerously unstable and unpredictableRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line truthnounaccuracythe quality of being near to the true valueRidgeline2 senses typicaladjectivedistinctiveof a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thingRidgeline stingyadjectiveungenerousunwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)High CampHas a reason line stodgyadjectivestuffyexcessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dullHigh CampHas a reason line stoutadjectiveportlyeuphemisms for 'fat'High Camp tanglenounmazesomething jumbled or confusedRidgelineHas a reason line

One vocabulary, two jobs

moderate is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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