SENSATIONALIST Antonyms

• showing lack of favoritism

• free from undue bias or preconceived opinions

• marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• free from party affiliation or bias

• a person who is nonpartisan

• undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena

• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

• emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation

• belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events

• consistent with or based on or using reason

• capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers

• an integer or a fraction

• of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

• having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion)

• showing reason or sound judgment

• not excessive or extreme

• marked by sound judgment; having good reason

• under restraint

• cool and formal in manner

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• not showy or obtrusive

• prudent

• not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

• completely lacking in playfulness

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• cause to become sober

• become more realistic

• become sober after excessive alcohol consumption