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tame
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- pronunciation:
- teIm
- parts of speech:
- adjective, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
tamer, tamest |
| definition 1: |
brought or bred out of the wild state and made tractable; domesticated.
a tame leopard- synonyms:
- broken, domesticated, gentled, trained
- antonyms:
- feral, untamed, wild
- similar words:
- docile, domestic, housebroken
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| definition 2: |
still in the wild state but gentle and unafraid of human beings.
tame otters- synonyms:
- gentle, tractable
- antonyms:
- ferocious, fierce, untamed
- similar words:
- docile, domestic, friendly, harmless
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| definition 3: |
docile or submissive, sometimes to excess.
- synonyms:
- docile, meek, passive, submissive, weak
- antonyms:
- uncooperative
- similar words:
- compliant, deferential, obedient
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| definition 4: |
dull or unadventurous.
a tame political rallyher tame ambitions- synonyms:
- bland, colorless, dull, insipid, vapid
- antonyms:
- adventurous, exciting
- similar words:
- dead, flat, muted, spineless, subdued, weak, wishy-washy
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| related words: |
barren, gentle, innocuous, mild, pet, prosaic |
adverb + (adj.)tame
bit, comparatively, extremely, fairly, lot, neither, normally, otherwise, pretty, quite, rather, relatively, remarkably, somewhat, too
(adj.)tame
+ noun
bear, bird, cat, comparison, deer, duck, hair, human, kitten, pet, pigeon, poem, sex, slope, stag, standard, stuff, taste, version
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
tames, taming, tamed |
| definition 1: |
to domesticate or bring under human control.
He tames lions for the circus.Pioneers tamed the wilderness.- synonyms:
- domesticate, gentle
- similar words:
- harness, housebreak, master, subdue, train
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| definition 2: |
to cause to lose spirit or liveliness.
- synonyms:
- break, subdue
- similar words:
- domesticate, master, overcome, quash, quell, suppress
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| definition 3: |
to harness the power or strength of.
The river is tamed by a dam.- synonyms:
- bridle, harness, rein in
- similar words:
- control, curb, govern, restrain
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| related words: |
break, break in, chasten, civilize, compose |
adverb + (v.)tame
easily, nicely, successfully, sufficiently, ultimately
(v.)tame
+ adverb
naturally, potentially, within
(v.)tame
+ noun
aggression,
anger,
animal,
appetite,
bat,
beast,
boom,
budget,
craving,
creature,
cycle,
deficit,
demon,
desire,
dragon,
enemy,
excess,
fire,
flame,
frontier,
gel,
horse,
hunger,
hurricane,
inflation,
lion,
load,
mess,
monkey,
monster,
nature,
passion,
river,
snake,
spending,
spirit,
storm,
stress,
temper,
tiger,
tip,
urge,
wilderness,
wolf
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| derivations: |
tamable (tameable) (adj.), tamed (adj.), tamely (adv.), tameness (n.), tamer (n.) |
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