Tame — synonyms, tame antonyms, definition

1. tame (a)

acquiescent boring cowardly cowed dastardly deferential delusive disciplined dishonest docile domesticated dull empty familiar fearless feeble flat gentle harmless hollow • • •

2. tame (Verb)

break bully calm chasten control cultivate domesticate domesticise domesticize enslave gentle intimidate make obedient manipulate master moderate monopolise monopolize naturalise naturalize • • •

tame (Verb) — Correct by punishment or discipline.

tame (Verb) — Make less strong or intense; soften. ex. "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

tame (Verb) — Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. ex. "tame the soil"

tame (Verb) — Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable. ex. "He tames lions for the circus"

tame (Verb) — Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans. ex. "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"

accommodate adapt alter change modify break break in animal animate being beast brute creature fauna flora plant plant life

3. tame (Adjective)

tamed wild

tame (Adjective) — Flat and uninspiring.

tame (Adjective) — Very restrained or quiet. ex. "a tame Christmas party" ex. "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"

tame (Adjective) — Brought from wildness into a domesticated state. ex. "fields of tame blueberries" ex. "tame animals"

tame (Adjective) — Very docile. ex. "tame obedience"

domestication tameness