tame
adjective
1. flat and uninspiring
Similar word(s): unexciting
2. 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
Similar word(s): quiet, subdued
3. brought from wildness into a domesticated state
- tame animals
- fields of tame blueberries
Similar word(s): broken, cultivated, docile, gentle, domestic, domesticated, tamed, manipulable, tractable, tamed
4. very docile
- tame obedience
Sentences with tame as an adjective:
- They have a tame wildcat.
- The lion was quite tame.
verb
1. correct by punishment or discipline
Similar word(s): chasten, subdue
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
2. make less strong or intense; soften
- The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
Similar word(s): moderate
Definition categories: communication, alter, change, modify
3. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- tame the soil
Similar word(s): cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize
Definition categories: change, accommodate, adapt
4. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
- He tames lions for the circus
Similar word(s): domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
5. make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
Similar word(s): domesticate
Definition categories: change, accommodate, adapt
Sentences with tame as a verb:
- He tamed the wild horse.