Synonyms for tame
teɪmtame

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1. tameadjective

   Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact

   The lion was quite tame.

   Antonyms:
   gentle

2. tameadjective

   Not exciting

   This party is too tame for me.

   Synonyms:
   insipid, dull

   Antonyms:
   exciting

3. tameadjective

   Antonyms:
   wild

4. tameadjective

   Antonyms:
   wild

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1. tame

   One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.

   Synonyms:
   amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, yielding

   Antonyms:
   determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

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1. tame

   Synonyms:
   domesticated, reclaimed, tamed, subjugated, broken, gentle, mild, docile, meek, spiritless, tedious, dull, flat

   Antonyms:
   undomesticated, unreclaimed, untamed, unbroken, savage, wild, fierce, spirited, animated, ferine, interesting, exciting, stirring, lively

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1. tameadjective

   flat and uninspiring

   Synonyms:
   tamed, meek

   Antonyms:
   delirious, undomesticated, unregenerate, chaotic, mad, frenzied, ferine, obstinate, untamed, wild, semi-wild, disorderly, excited, savage, unrestrained, feral, frantic, unbroken, manic, unsubdued, stubborn, exciting

2. tameadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   tamed, meek

   Antonyms:
   unsubdued, savage, disorderly, mad, semi-wild, feral, chaotic, frenzied, unbroken, wild, undomesticated, ferine, unregenerate, frantic, manic, stubborn, delirious, unrestrained, excited, obstinate, exciting, untamed

3. tame, tamedadjective

   brought from wildness into a domesticated state

   "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"

   Synonyms:
   tamed, meek

   Antonyms:
   stubborn, unrestrained, wild, delirious, untamed, exciting, unbroken, feral, ferine, frantic, frenzied, savage, undomesticated, unregenerate, chaotic, semi-wild, manic, obstinate, unsubdued, excited, disorderly, mad

4. meek, tameverb

   very docile

   "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes

   Synonyms:
   spiritless, mild, tamed, modest, meek

   Antonyms:
   obstinate, unregenerate, mad, manic, semi-wild, disorderly, delirious, frantic, wild, undomesticated, feral, chaotic, exciting, unsubdued, ferine, unbroken, untamed, excited, stubborn, unrestrained, frenzied, savage

5. tame, chasten, subdueverb

   correct by punishment or discipline

   Synonyms:
   chasten, get over, domesticate, naturalise, master, inhibit, conquer, moderate, quash, cultivate, surmount, objurgate, castigate, domesticise, reclaim, suppress, temper, tone down, crucify, subjugate, correct, reduce, subdue, curb, stamp down, domesticize, subordinate, mortify, chastise, overcome, naturalize, keep down, repress

   Antonyms:
   wild, delirious, mad, unsubdued, stubborn, undomesticated, unrestrained, exciting, savage, unregenerate, disorderly, obstinate, untamed, unbroken, frantic, frenzied, ferine, manic, excited, chaotic, feral, semi-wild

6. tone down, moderate, tameverb

   make less strong or intense; soften

   "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

   Synonyms:
   lead, temper, muffle, mince, hold in, cultivate, mute, domesticize, naturalise, control, chair, moderate, hold, reclaim, naturalize, check, domesticate, soften, tone down, domesticise, damp, dampen, chasten, curb, dull, subdue, contain

   Antonyms:
   disorderly, frantic, feral, semi-wild, undomesticated, exciting, unbroken, untamed, frenzied, stubborn, manic, mad, wild, unregenerate, savage, unsubdued, chaotic, obstinate, excited, unrestrained, ferine, delirious

7. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tameverb

   adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

   "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

   Synonyms:
   reclaim, educate, naturalise, cultivate, domesticize, civilize, school, moderate, crop, work, naturalize, domesticise, domesticate, tone down, train, civilise, chasten, subdue

   Antonyms:
   chaotic, feral, unbroken, delirious, obstinate, disorderly, ferine, exciting, untamed, frenzied, wild, unsubdued, stubborn, unregenerate, undomesticated, excited, manic, unrestrained, mad, semi-wild, savage, frantic

8. domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tameverb

   overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

   "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

   Synonyms:
   recover, reclaim, chasten, naturalise, cultivate, domesticize, regenerate, naturalize, moderate, rectify, domesticise, domesticate, tone down, repossess, reform, subdue

   Antonyms:
   ferine, frantic, unsubdued, mad, unrestrained, frenzied, semi-wild, savage, obstinate, untamed, excited, exciting, manic, unbroken, feral, delirious, chaotic, wild, unregenerate, stubborn, undomesticated, disorderly

9. domesticate, tameverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   naturalize, chasten, subdue, domesticise, reclaim, moderate, tone down, domesticate, cultivate, naturalise, domesticize

   Antonyms:
   savage, frantic, semi-wild, excited, exciting, unbroken, mad, unregenerate, unsubdued, stubborn, ferine, unrestrained, disorderly, wild, obstinate, chaotic, frenzied, undomesticated, delirious, untamed, manic, feral

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Alter
   • Animal
   • Change
   • Plant

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1. antonym of synanthropenoun

   synanthrope means animals that exploit humans for food, shelter, or safety, for example, feral pigeons, squirrels, most songbirds, deer, foxes, etc. the opposite of a synanthrope is an animal that avoids contact with people and doesn't need human resources: asynanthrope, for example, an eagle, a giraffe, elk, penguin, bears, etc. there is a problem keeping to the strict definitions, because some species that were asynanthropes have become partial synanthropes (bear, moose, coyotes) because of habitat disruption.

   brown rats live in cities and are totally subsizdiied by humans, so they are partial synanthropes.

   Submitted by ckuliko440044 on March 4, 2024  

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1. tameadjective

   Synonyms:
   domesticated, domestic, mild, gentle, docile, not wild

2. tameadjective

   Synonyms:
   subdued, crushed, submissive

3. tameadjective

   Synonyms:
   spiritless, dull, flat, feeble, lean, vapid, insipid, jejune, barren, languid, prosing, prosy, prosaic, uninteresting, poor

4. tameverb

   Synonyms:
   domesticate, make tame, make docile

5. tameverb

   Synonyms:
   subdue, repress, conquer, overcome, overthrow, subjugate

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1. tameadjective

   Synonyms:
   docile, domesticated, gentle, prosy, dull, vapid, submissive, subdued

2. tameverb

   Synonyms:
   domesticate, reclaim, break, discipline, subjugate, conquer, repress

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1. List of paraphrases for "tame":

   grown, cultivated, tammy

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1. Lydia M. Child:

   Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

2. AiR Atman in Ravi:

   If there is garbage in your Mind, and it's full of joy, it's time to Tame your 'Monkey Mind' and make it into a Monk!

3. Ellen Degeneres:

   You know what, I've never done anything like that before, my Instagram page is pretty tame and, um, you know, I spent all weekend in a bikini and I was feeling pretty good just like everybody else, usually I'm not feeling so good. I [ have a ] love-hate relationship with my body.

4. Tom Roseen:

   So if one removes those from the picture, it was a fairly tame week, with the risk-off trade really being the net flows into money market funds, that said, we did see authorized participants being net redeemers of equity ETFs to the tune of $3.2 billion, which is their third weekly redemption in four, while being net purchasers of fixed income ETFs for the third consecutive week, this week injecting $1.1 billion.

5. President Trump:

   If they do ask us to leave, if we don't do it in a very friendly basis. We will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before ever, air Force One'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame.