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Defenition of the word tame

    • Defenition of the word tame

      • (Of an animal) that lives with, is fed and raised by humans, as opposed to living in the wild.
      • To make obedient, docile and tractable; to train to follow orders of the owner.  
      • To make less strong or intense; soften.
      • very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
      • flat and uninspiring
      • 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"
      • correct by punishment or discipline
      • brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
      • 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"
      • overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
      • adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
      • make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
      • make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
      • overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
      • adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
      • make less strong or intense; soften
      • very docile
      • brought from wildness into a domesticated state
      • very restrained or quiet

    Synonyms for the word tame

      • chasten
      • meek
      • subdue
      • tamed

    Similar words in the tame

      • broken
      • broken in
      • cultivated
      • docile
      • domestic
      • domesticated
      • gentle
      • quiet
      • subdued
      • tamed
      • tractable
      • unexciting

    Hyponyms for the word tame

      • break
      • break in

    Hypernyms for the word tame

      • accommodate
      • adapt
      • alter
      • change
      • modify

    Antonyms for the word tame

      • untamed
      • wild

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