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Synonyms for tame
teɪm
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Princeton's WordNet
tame(adj)
flat and uninspiring
Antonyms:
delirious, undomesticated, unregenerate, chaotic, mad, frenzied, ferine, obstinate, untamed, wild, semi-wild, disorderly, excited, savage, unrestrained, feral, frantic, unbroken, manic, unsubdued, stubborn, excitingtame(adj)
very restrained or quiet
"a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
Antonyms:
unsubdued, savage, disorderly, mad, semi-wild, feral, chaotic, frenzied, unbroken, wild, undomesticated, ferine, unregenerate, frantic, manic, stubborn, delirious, unrestrained, excited, obstinate, exciting, untamedtame, tamed(adj)
brought from wildness into a domesticated state
"tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
Antonyms:
stubborn, unrestrained, wild, delirious, untamed, exciting, unbroken, feral, ferine, frantic, frenzied, savage, undomesticated, unregenerate, chaotic, semi-wild, manic, obstinate, unsubdued, excited, disorderly, madmeek, tame(verb)
very docile
"tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
Synonyms:
spiritless, mild, tamed, modest, meekAntonyms:
obstinate, unregenerate, mad, manic, semi-wild, disorderly, delirious, frantic, wild, undomesticated, feral, chaotic, exciting, unsubdued, ferine, unbroken, untamed, excited, stubborn, unrestrained, frenzied, savagetame, chasten, subdue(verb)
correct by punishment or discipline
Synonyms:
chasten, get over, domesticate, naturalise, master, inhibit, conquer, moderate, quash, cultivate, surmount, objurgate, castigate, domesticise, reclaim, suppress, temper, tone down, crucify, subjugate, correct, reduce, subdue, curb, stamp down, domesticize, subordinate, mortify, chastise, overcome, naturalize, keep down, repressAntonyms:
wild, delirious, mad, unsubdued, stubborn, undomesticated, unrestrained, exciting, savage, unregenerate, disorderly, obstinate, untamed, unbroken, frantic, frenzied, ferine, manic, excited, chaotic, feral, semi-wildtone down, moderate, tame(verb)
make less strong or intense; soften
"Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
Synonyms:
lead, temper, muffle, mince, hold in, cultivate, mute, domesticize, naturalise, control, chair, moderate, hold, reclaim, naturalize, check, domesticate, soften, tone down, domesticise, damp, dampen, chasten, curb, dull, subdue, containAntonyms:
disorderly, frantic, feral, semi-wild, undomesticated, exciting, unbroken, untamed, frenzied, stubborn, manic, mad, wild, unregenerate, savage, unsubdued, chaotic, obstinate, excited, unrestrained, ferine, deliriousdomesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame(verb)
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
Synonyms:
reclaim, educate, naturalise, cultivate, domesticize, civilize, school, moderate, crop, work, naturalize, domesticise, domesticate, tone down, train, civilise, chasten, subdueAntonyms:
chaotic, feral, unbroken, delirious, obstinate, disorderly, ferine, exciting, untamed, frenzied, wild, unsubdued, stubborn, unregenerate, undomesticated, excited, manic, unrestrained, mad, semi-wild, savage, franticdomesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame(verb)
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
"He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
Synonyms:
recover, reclaim, chasten, naturalise, cultivate, domesticize, regenerate, naturalize, moderate, rectify, domesticise, domesticate, tone down, repossess, reform, subdueAntonyms:
ferine, frantic, unsubdued, mad, unrestrained, frenzied, semi-wild, savage, obstinate, untamed, excited, exciting, manic, unbroken, feral, delirious, chaotic, wild, unregenerate, stubborn, undomesticated, disorderlydomesticate, tame(verb)
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
"The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
Synonyms:
naturalize, chasten, subdue, domesticise, reclaim, moderate, tone down, domesticate, cultivate, naturalise, domesticizeAntonyms:
savage, frantic, semi-wild, excited, exciting, unbroken, mad, unregenerate, unsubdued, stubborn, ferine, unrestrained, disorderly, wild, obstinate, chaotic, frenzied, undomesticated, delirious, untamed, manic, feral
Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
tame
One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.
Synonyms:
amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, yieldingAntonyms:
determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tame
Synonyms:
domesticated, reclaimed, tamed, subjugated, broken, gentle, mild, docile, meek, spiritless, tedious, dull, flatAntonyms:
undomesticated, unreclaimed, untamed, unbroken, savage, wild, fierce, spirited, animated, ferine, interesting, exciting, stirring, lively
Dictionary of English Synonymes
tame(a.)
Synonyms:
domesticated, domestic, mild, gentle, docile, not wildtame(a.)
Synonyms:
subdued, crushed, submissivetame(a.)
Synonyms:
spiritless, dull, flat, feeble, lean, vapid, insipid, jejune, barren, languid, prosing, prosy, prosaic, uninteresting, poortame(v. a.)
Synonyms:
domesticate, make tame, make dociletame(v. a.)
Synonyms:
subdue, repress, conquer, overcome, overthrow, subjugate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
tame(a)
Synonyms:
docile, domesticated, gentle, prosy, dull, vapid, submissive, subduedtame(v)
Synonyms:
domesticate, reclaim, break, discipline, subjugate, conquer, repress
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "tame":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#125 | work | |
#165 | school | |
#272 | check | |
#333 | control | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1314 | master | |
#1766 | flat | |
#1847 | correct | |
#1990 | chair | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2505 | train | |
#2535 | broken | |
#2700 | contain | |
#3345 | reform | |
#4834 | grown | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5648 | crop | |
#6356 | recover | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#7995 | compliant | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8164 | mild | |
#10026 | modest | |
#10451 | educate | |
#12551 | curb | |
#13293 | dull | |
#15923 | mute | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17393 | tammy | |
#17901 | inhibit | |
#18220 | damp | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#18868 | subordinate | |
#18889 | cultivated | |
#19215 | temper | |
#20706 | tedious | |
#22418 | manageable | |
#22636 | reclaim | |
#22879 | tame | |
#24442 | cultivate | |
#26309 | reclaimed | |
#29257 | submissive | |
#29487 | meek | |
#30385 | soften | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#32860 | regenerate | |
#35374 | obedient | |
#38382 | amenable | |
#44281 | domesticated | |
#50453 | mince | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#57879 | pliable | |
#60442 | tamed | |
#62800 | tractable | |
#66240 | quash | |
#66707 | docile | |
#72074 | insipid | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#88025 | teachable | |
#89266 | pliant | |
#94969 | subjugated | |
#100697 | surmount | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#115030 | repossess | |
#115405 | muffle | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#166077 | naturalize | |
#179254 | civilize | |
#182964 | domesticate | |
#184683 | castigate | |
#219145 | mortify | |
#229953 | spiritless | |
#246567 | chasten |
How to use tame in a sentence?
You know what, I've never done anything like that before, my Instagram page is pretty tame and, um, you know, I spent all weekend in a bikini and I was feeling pretty good just like everybody else, usually I'm not feeling so good. I [ have a ] love-hate relationship with my body.
Managing jealous people and their jealousy in your life can be one of the most difficult tasks, nonetheless it's not entirely impossible. The best cure for Jealousy is proven to be Love, because the green-eyed monster cannot simply survive in the environment that is filled with love, compassion and kindness. Only Love empowers you to boomerang Jealousy back to her source, resulting in burning the Jealous person in the fury and fire of Jealousy. Love is thus the only strongest and most effective way to tame that green-eyed monster in your world.
If there is garbage in your Mind, and it's full of joy, it's time to Tame your 'Monkey Mind' and make it into a Monk!
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you kidding ? All that I ever did was just jiggle.
So if one removes those from the picture, it was a fairly tame week, with the risk-off trade really being the net flows into money market funds, that said, we did see authorized participants being net redeemers of equity ETFs to the tune of $3.2 billion, which is their third weekly redemption in four, while being net purchasers of fixed income ETFs for the third consecutive week, this week injecting $1.1 billion.
Translations for tame
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- اليفArabic
- amansir, domar, mansCatalan, Valencian
- krotký, krotitCzech
- tam, tæmmeDanish
- zahm, zähmen, [[zahm]] [[werden]]German
- τιθασεύω, ήμερος, εξημερώνω, εξημερώνομαι, δαμάζωGreek
- domar, manso, domesticado, amansarSpanish
- kesyttää, kesyyntyä, kesyFinnish
- domestiquer, dompter, apprivoisé, apprivoiserFrench
- ceannsaich, ceannsaichte, callaichScottish Gaelic
- szelídHungarian
- ընտանի, ընտելացնել, ընտելանալArmenian
- jinak, menjinakkanIndonesian
- gæfur, spakur, taminnIcelandic
- addomesticare, addomesticatoItalian
- 飼いならすJapanese
- 길들이다, 길들다, 길들인Korean
- zamLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- jinakMalay
- tam, temmenDutch
- temmes, tam, temmeNorwegian
- oswojony, oswajaćPolish
- domar, domesticado, [[ser]] [[domado]]Portuguese
- ручной, прируча́ться, прируча́ть, приручи́ть, приручи́ться, приручённыйRussian
- питом, припитомити, pitom, pripitomitiSerbo-Croatian
- tämja, tamSwedish
- మచ్చికTelugu
- เชื่องThai
- maamoTagalog
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