Synonyms and Antonyms of measured
1
decided on as a result of careful thought
- a measured response to the terrorist attack
aforethought, premeditated, prepense
educated, informed
intentional, purposeful
designed, intended, planned, projected
careful, meticulous
foresighted, forethoughtful, provident, prudent
half-cocked, ill-advised
chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, random
aimless, desultory, purposeless
hasty, hurried, rushed
abrupt, impetuous, sudden
automatic, extemporaneous, impromptu, instinctive, spontaneous
2
having distinct or certain limits
- the measured authority of the mayor in running the town's affairs
modified, qualified
detailed, exact, precise, specific
confined, constricted, moderate, modest
minute, puny, small, tiny
determined, fixed, settled
bottomless, countless, incalculable, inestimable, inexhaustible, innumerable, unfathomable
unqualified, unreserved
general, indeterminate, nebulous, vague
enlarged, escalated, expanded
copious, plenitudinous, plentiful
big, bulky, bumper, considerable, extensive, goodly, great, handsome, hefty, hulking, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), respectable, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, super, vast, voluminous, whacking
epic, grandiose, major
ample, broad, comprehensive, cosmopolitan, expansive, global, inclusive, sweeping, universal, whole
boundless, dimensionless, endless, illimitable, immeasurable, indefinite, infinite, limitless, measureless, unbounded, undefined, unlimited, unmeasured
3
marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound
- the soldier's funeral procession moved along to the measured beating of a drum
