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Synonyms for tame
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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
Princeton's WordNet
tameadjective
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, excitingtameadjective
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, tamedadjective
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, tameverb
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, subdueverb
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, tameverb
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, tameverb
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, tameverb
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, tameverb
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
tameadjective
Synonyms:
domesticated, domestic, mild, gentle, docile, not wildtameadjective
Synonyms:
subdued, crushed, submissivetameadjective
Synonyms:
spiritless, dull, flat, feeble, lean, vapid, insipid, jejune, barren, languid, prosing, prosy, prosaic, uninteresting, poortameverb
Synonyms:
domesticate, make tame, make dociletameverb
Synonyms:
subdue, repress, conquer, overcome, overthrow, subjugate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
tameadjective
Synonyms:
docile, domesticated, gentle, prosy, dull, vapid, submissive, subduedtameverb
Synonyms:
domesticate, reclaim, break, discipline, subjugate, conquer, repress
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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?
They're super tame and friendly.
You're tame, you're so professional, you're an example to any tennis player and I think I can take a leaf out of your book and maybe I can catch you on some titles one day.
The Federal Reserve's dovish tone in its March meeting minutes along with tame wage growth numbers and news that the IMF lowered its outlook for global economic growth to 3.3% for 2019 were boons for longer-dated bond securities, investors were betting that neither the Fed nor other central banks were likely to hike rates anytime soon.
The man for whom law exists - the man of forms, the Conservative, is a tame man.
Man...is a tame or civilized animal never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.
Translations for tame
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- اليفArabic
- amansir, domar, mansCatalan, Valencian
- krotit, krotkýCzech
- tam, tæmmeDanish
- zähmen, [[zahm]] [[werden]], zahmGerman
- εξημερώνομαι, τιθασεύω, δαμάζω, ήμερος, εξημερώνωGreek
- domesticado, domar, manso, amansarSpanish
- kesyyntyä, kesy, kesyttääFinnish
- apprivoiser, apprivoisé, dompter, domestiquerFrench
- ceannsaich, ceannsaichte, callaichScottish Gaelic
- szelídHungarian
- ընտելանալ, ընտելացնել, ընտանիArmenian
- jinak, menjinakkanIndonesian
- spakur, gæfur, taminnIcelandic
- addomesticato, addomesticareItalian
- 飼いならすJapanese
- 길들다, 길들이다, 길들인Korean
- zamLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- jinakMalay
- temmen, tamDutch
- tam, temmes, temmeNorwegian
- oswajać, oswojonyPolish
- [[ser]] [[domado]], domar, domesticadoPortuguese
- приручи́ться, приручённый, ручной, приручи́ть, прируча́ться, прируча́тьRussian
- pripitomiti, pitom, припитомити, питомSerbo-Croatian
- tämja, tamSwedish
- మచ్చికTelugu
- เชื่องThai
- maamoTagalog
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