temperate

adjective

1 temperate climates:

mild, clement, pleasant, agreeable, benign;

gentle, balmy, fair.

▷antonyms extreme.

2 Charles was temperate in his consumption of both food and drink:

self-restrained, restrained, moderate, self-controlled, controlled, disciplined;

abstemious, self-denying, austere, ascetic;

teetotal, abstinent.

▷antonyms intemperate, immoderate.

3 a lucid and temperate study:

balanced, dispassionate, levelheaded, sensible, rational, sober, sober-minded;

North American sobersided.