Synonyms for tame
teɪmtame

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1. tameadjective

   Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact

   The lion was quite tame.

   Antonyms:
   gentle

2. tameadjective

   Not exciting

   This party is too tame for me.

   Synonyms:
   insipid, dull

   Antonyms:
   exciting

3. tameadjective

   Antonyms:
   wild

4. tameadjective

   Antonyms:
   wild

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. 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, yielding

   Antonyms:
   determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tame

   Synonyms:
   domesticated, reclaimed, tamed, subjugated, broken, gentle, mild, docile, meek, spiritless, tedious, dull, flat

   Antonyms:
   undomesticated, unreclaimed, untamed, unbroken, savage, wild, fierce, spirited, animated, ferine, interesting, exciting, stirring, lively

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tameadjective

   flat and uninspiring

   Synonyms:
   tamed, meek

   Antonyms:
   delirious, undomesticated, unregenerate, chaotic, mad, frenzied, ferine, obstinate, untamed, wild, semi-wild, disorderly, excited, savage, unrestrained, feral, frantic, unbroken, manic, unsubdued, stubborn, exciting

2. tameadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   tamed, meek

   Antonyms:
   unsubdued, savage, disorderly, mad, semi-wild, feral, chaotic, frenzied, unbroken, wild, undomesticated, ferine, unregenerate, frantic, manic, stubborn, delirious, unrestrained, excited, obstinate, exciting, untamed

3. tame, tamedadjective

   brought from wildness into a domesticated state

   "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

   Synonyms:
   tamed, meek

   Antonyms:
   stubborn, unrestrained, wild, delirious, untamed, exciting, unbroken, feral, ferine, frantic, frenzied, savage, undomesticated, unregenerate, chaotic, semi-wild, manic, obstinate, unsubdued, excited, disorderly, mad

4. meek, tameverb

   very docile

   "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes

   Synonyms:
   spiritless, mild, tamed, modest, meek

   Antonyms:
   obstinate, unregenerate, mad, manic, semi-wild, disorderly, delirious, frantic, wild, undomesticated, feral, chaotic, exciting, unsubdued, ferine, unbroken, untamed, excited, stubborn, unrestrained, frenzied, savage

5. tame, 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, repress

   Antonyms:
   wild, delirious, mad, unsubdued, stubborn, undomesticated, unrestrained, exciting, savage, unregenerate, disorderly, obstinate, untamed, unbroken, frantic, frenzied, ferine, manic, excited, chaotic, feral, semi-wild

6. tone 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, contain

   Antonyms:
   disorderly, frantic, feral, semi-wild, undomesticated, exciting, unbroken, untamed, frenzied, stubborn, manic, mad, wild, unregenerate, savage, unsubdued, chaotic, obstinate, excited, unrestrained, ferine, delirious

7. domesticate, 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, subdue

   Antonyms:
   chaotic, feral, unbroken, delirious, obstinate, disorderly, ferine, exciting, untamed, frenzied, wild, unsubdued, stubborn, unregenerate, undomesticated, excited, manic, unrestrained, mad, semi-wild, savage, frantic

8. domesticate, 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, subdue

   Antonyms:
   ferine, frantic, unsubdued, mad, unrestrained, frenzied, semi-wild, savage, obstinate, untamed, excited, exciting, manic, unbroken, feral, delirious, chaotic, wild, unregenerate, stubborn, undomesticated, disorderly

9. domesticate, 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, domesticize

   Antonyms:
   savage, frantic, semi-wild, excited, exciting, unbroken, mad, unregenerate, unsubdued, stubborn, ferine, unrestrained, disorderly, wild, obstinate, chaotic, frenzied, undomesticated, delirious, untamed, manic, feral

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Alter
   • Animal
   • Change
   • Plant

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tameadjective

   Synonyms:
   domesticated, domestic, mild, gentle, docile, not wild

2. tameadjective

   Synonyms:
   subdued, crushed, submissive

3. tameadjective

   Synonyms:
   spiritless, dull, flat, feeble, lean, vapid, insipid, jejune, barren, languid, prosing, prosy, prosaic, uninteresting, poor

4. tameverb

   Synonyms:
   domesticate, make tame, make docile

5. tameverb

   Synonyms:
   subdue, repress, conquer, overcome, overthrow, subjugate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tameadjective

   Synonyms:
   docile, domesticated, gentle, prosy, dull, vapid, submissive, subdued

2. tameverb

   Synonyms:
   domesticate, reclaim, break, discipline, subjugate, conquer, repress

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1. List of paraphrases for "tame":

   grown, cultivated, tammy

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1. Prof.Salam Al Shereida:

   To my dear Elon Musk with kindest regards : Man will succeed in discovering the greatest secrets of complex neural networks if he can tame the functions of the nature and speed of brain waves , and know how to control their direction in all the paths of invisible depth there.

2. Elvis Presley:

   Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you kidding ? All that I ever did was just jiggle.

3. Croatian Prime Minister-designate Tihomir Oreskovic:

   We all know that our (public) debt is at a worrying level of around 90 percent of gross domestic product. My goal is to talk to investors and share ideas on how to tame the debt and achieve better credit rating.

4. Plato:

   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.

5. --Henry David Thoreau:

   The man for whom law exists - the man of forms, the Conservative, is a tame man.