MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROADERS Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

middle-of-the-roaders

noun

plural of middle-of-the-roader

as in moderates

a person who holds moderate views since the party's middle-of-the-roaders often lack verve, the activists inevitably nominate some extremist who can't win in the general election

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Some allege that the government has engineered fuel shortages to make an agreement unavoidable, others go further, accusing moderates of staging a coup.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
At the same time, warnings about Iran’s economy from Pezeshkian and the regime’s other relative moderates have been mounting.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of moderates

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House Democratic leadership is vowing repercussions for two centrists who blindsided Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) by joining with Republicans on Tuesday to force a vote on condemning socialism.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2026
There’s a debate among centrists who don’t like that this happened; how much did this weaken the Democratic Party?

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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