TAME as VERB

1. Meaning
   • correct by punishment or discipline
   Synonym(s)
   • chasten (what does chasten mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tame is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
   Synonym(s)
   • domesticate (what does domesticate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The horse was domesticated a long time ago
   • The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
   Hypernyms(s) tame is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • adapt (what does adapt mean?)
   • accommodate (what does accommodate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • overcome the wildness of
   • make docile and tractable
   Synonym(s)
   • domesticate (what does domesticate mean?)
   • domesticise (what does domesticise mean?)
   • domesticize (what does domesticize mean?)
   • reclaim (what does reclaim mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He tames lions for the circus
   • reclaim falcons
   Hypernyms(s) tame is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • break in (what does break in mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tamer (what does tamer mean?)
4. Meaning
   • adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
   Synonym(s)
   • cultivate (what does cultivate mean?)
   • domesticate (what does domesticate mean?)
   • naturalise (what does naturalise mean?)
   • naturalize (what does naturalize mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • domesticate oats
   • tame the soil
   Hypernyms(s) tame is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • adapt (what does adapt mean?)
   • accommodate (what does accommodate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • naturalization (what does naturalization mean?)
   • naturalisation (what does naturalisation mean?)
   • naturalization (what does naturalization mean?)
   • naturalisation (what does naturalisation mean?)
   • naturalization (what does naturalization mean?)
   • naturalisation (what does naturalisation mean?)
   • naturalization (what does naturalization mean?)
   • naturalisation (what does naturalisation mean?)
5. Meaning
   • make less strong or intense
   • soften
   Synonym(s)
   • moderate (what does moderate mean?)
   • tone down (what does tone down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Tone down that aggressive letter
   • The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
   Hypernyms(s) tame is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • moderation (what does moderation mean?)
   • moderateness (what does moderateness mean?)

TAME as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • flat and uninspiring
   Similar To
   • unexciting (what does unexciting mean?)
2. Meaning
   • very docile
   Synonym(s)
   • meek (what does meek mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • tame obedience
   • meek as a mouse- Langston Hughes
   Similar To
   • docile (what does docile mean?)
3. Meaning
   • brought from wildness into a domesticated state
   Synonym(s)
   • tamed (what does tamed mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • tame animals
   • fields of tame blueberries
   Antonym(s)
   • wild (what does wild mean?)
   • untamed (what does untamed mean?)
   Similar To
   • broken (what does broken mean?)
   • broken in (what does broken in mean?)
   • docile (what does docile mean?)
   • gentle (what does gentle mean?)
   • domestic (what does domestic mean?)
   • domesticated (what does domesticated mean?)
   • cultivated (what does cultivated mean?)
   • tamed (what does tamed mean?)
   See Also
   • tractable (what does tractable mean?)
   • manipulable (what does manipulable mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • tameness (what does tameness mean?)
   • domestication (what does domestication mean?)
4. Meaning
   • very restrained or quiet
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Antonym(s)
   • wild (what does wild mean?)
   Similar To
   • subdued (what does subdued mean?)
   See Also
   • quiet (what does quiet mean?)