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Synonyms for tame
teɪmtame
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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
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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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?
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.
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you kidding ? All that I ever did was just jiggle.
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.
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.
The man for whom law exists - the man of forms, the Conservative, is a tame man.
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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