tame

  • (s) flat and uninspiring
  • (a) 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
  • (a) brought from wildness into a domesticated state
    • tame animals
    • fields of tame blueberries
    tamed,
  • (s) very docile
    • tame obedience
    • "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
    meek,

Verbs

  • (v) correct by punishment or discipline chasten, subdue,
  • (v) make less strong or intense; soften
    • Tone down that aggressive letter
    • The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
    tone down, moderate,
  • (v) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
    • domesticate oats
    • tame the soil
    domesticate, cultivate, naturalise, naturalize,
  • (v) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
    • He tames lions for the circus
    • reclaim falcons
    domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, reclaim,
  • (v) 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
    domesticate,

Synonyms

chasten subdue tone down moderate tamed domesticate cultivate naturalise naturalize domesticise domesticize reclaim meek

Antonyms

wild untamed

See also

quiet manipulable tractable

Words of close approximity

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