moderate-sized

1 4.1

A person or thing that is between large and small in size

adjective
/ˈmɒdərɪt saɪzd/

: de tamaño moderado

Many moderate-sized landowners, meanwhile, had been meeting their obligations and paying back their loans in compliance with their agreements.
moderate-sized university
small to moderate-sized

Examples

This study examined career satisfaction among experienced professors at a moderate-sized liberal arts college and explored their motivations for staying in the profession.

Academic text (2009)
The moderate-sized garden featured a variety of plants and flowers, perfect for a weekend retreat.
Mr. Proctor's books come so fast that no moderate-sized library will be able to hold them in the course of another year or two.

Academic text (1999)
Small and moderate-sized companies welcomed the convenience of being near other plants, many of which were suppliers or buyers.

Academic text (1994)
The administration of questionnaires took place in the classrooms of a moderate-sized university in Southern California.

Academic text (1997)
This moderate-sized system, designed to cool devices based on high-temperature superconductors, is a step toward smaller-sized commercial applications.

Academic text (1994)
I must have walked seven or eight blocks down an avenue that was, in all respects, ordinary, with shops and restaurants on the ground floors of moderate-sized buildings, except for its being deserted.

Fiction book (2000)
Magrath and Sleigh (2003) surveyed a total of 64 honor society members and non-members from their moderate-sized suburban university and found that both groups perceived being associated with the honor society as positive, and actual members were satisfied with participating in the society.

Academic text (2006)
Our new apartment is located in a moderate-sized building with just five floors, making it feel cozy.
She bought a moderate-sized dog that fits perfectly in their small house without taking up too much space.

Synonyms

moderate

vsmoderate-sized

415 3.3

Not very large or intense

applies specifically to physical size rather than general degree

medium

vsmoderate-sized

162 1.3

Of average size, not too big or too small

focuses on physical size rather than other measures

medium-sized

vsmoderate-sized

31 2.4

Of a size between small and large

is the same idea but uses a different adjective form

midsize

vsmoderate-sized

8 3.2

Medium in size between small and large

is the same meaning but uses the slightly different written form

medium-size

vsmoderate-sized

3 2.3

Of a size between small and large

is the same meaning but presented in a different word shape

midsized

vsmoderate-sized

3 3.4

Medium in size and not large or small

is the same size idea but uses a different adjective form

moderate-size

vsmoderate-sized

1 3.2

Larger than small but smaller than large

has identical meaning but uses a different written form

midscale

vsmoderate-sized

4.2

Of medium price and quality between budget and luxury

is broader and applies to average size in general contexts

Antonyms

tiny

∞ 1.0

So small it can fit in your hand

sizable

64 3.7

Quite large in size or amount

How Big

huge

∞ 1.0

large

2 1.0

moderate-sized

1 4.1

small

2 1.1

tiny

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

moderate-sized positive

Morphology

moderate-sized = moderate (transparent) = moderate + sized

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-sized' to 'moderate' to mean 'having a moderate size', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word moderate-sized combines moderate, from an old word meaning 'measure' or 'keep within limits', and size, meaning 'how big' something is, so moderate-sized describes something that is 'in the middle' — not large or small.