Definition for Tame:

• make less strong or intense; soften; " Tone down that aggressive letter"; " The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

Synonyms for Tame:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • tame.
  •bland (adjective)
  • more milk and water,
  • wimpiest,
  • more milk-and-water,
  • more sapless,
  • more uninspiring,
  • most milk-and-water,
  • wimpier,
  • nerdier,
  • weakest,
  • most milk and water,
  • more zero,
  • un-stimulating,
  • most zero,
  • most unstimulating,
  • most nothing,
  • un-exciting,
  • most uninspiring,
  • more pabulum,
  • nerdiest,
  • un stimulating,
  • un-inspiring,
  • more nothing,
  • un interesting,
  • wishy-washy,
  • un inspiring,
  • un exciting,
  • wishywashy,
  • un-interesting,
  • more unstimulating,
  • most pabulum,
  • wishy washy,
  • milk and water,
  • most sapless.
  •boring (adjective)
  • lifeless,
  • nowhere,
  • well-worn,
  • drab,
  • Weariful,
  • repetitious,
  • characterless,
  • dragger,
  • unvaried.
  •colorless (adjective)
  • Unpassioned,
  • most unmemorable,
  • un memorable,
  • unmemorable,
  • un-memorable,
  • run of the mill,
  • more unmemorable,
  • more unpassioned,
  • most unpassioned.
  •compliant (adjective)
  • submissive.
  •depressed (adjective)
  • spiritless.
  •docile (adjective)
  • weak-kneed,
  • more weak kneed,
  • more weakkneed,
  • more weak-kneed,
  • well behaved,
  • wellbehaved,
  • most weak-kneed,
  • most weakkneed,
  • most docious,
  • manageable,
  • teachable,
  • most weak kneed,
  • laidback,
  • more docious,
  • weak kneed,
  • weakkneed.
  •domestic (adjective)
  • homelike,
  • home-loving,
  • stay-at-home,
  • domiciliary,
  • indoor.
  •domesticated, compliant (adjective)
  • biddable,
  • housebroken,
  • gentle as a lamb,
  • overcome,
  • Yoked,
  • busted,
  • tractable,
  • unafraid,
  • pliant,
  • harnessed,
  • pliable,
  • Habituated,
  • kindly,
  • amenable,
  • Acclimatized,
  • Bridled,
  • subdued,
  • fearless.
  •dull (adjective)
  • prosy,
  • repetitive,
  • wornout,
  • out-of-date,
  • big yawn,
  • longwinded,
  • usual thing,
  • out of date,
  • oft-repeated,
  • stocker.
  •dull, uninteresting (adjective)
  • white-bread,
  • conventional,
  • humdrum,
  • tedious,
  • routine,
  • wearisome,
  • monotonous,
  • insipid,
  • unexciting,
  • prosaic,
  • boiled down,
  • without punch,
  • diluted.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • pusillanimous.
  •feeble (adjective)
  • fragile,
  • out of gas,
  • in firm,
  • impotent,
  • insufficient,
  • Strengthless,
  • fainter,
  • inefficient,
  • helpless,
  • enervated,
  • lame.
  •gentle (adjective)
  • more dove-like,
  • most dove like,
  • more disciplined,
  • most sweet tempered,
  • sweet tempered,
  • most dove-like,
  • softhearted,
  • peaceful,
  • more sweet tempered,
  • more sweettempered,
  • most dovelike,
  • more dove like,
  • more sweet-tempered,
  • pacific,
  • more dovelike,
  • most sweet-tempered,
  • sweettempered,
  • most disciplined,
  • most sweettempered,
  • dove like.
  •half-hearted (adjective)
  • Half-hearted.
  •halfhearted (adjective)
  • uninterested,
  • un enthusiastic,
  • un-enthusiastic,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • un-interested,
  • half hearted,
  • in different,
  • in-different,
  • un interested.
  •prosaic (adjective)
  • un exceptional,
  • gardenvariety,
  • un-exceptional,
  • most lusterless,
  • diddliest,
  • diddlier,
  • un-eventful,
  • yawnest,
  • prosest,
  • more lusterless,
  • yawner,
  • more workaday,
  • most workaday,
  • un eventful.
  •resigned (adjective)
  • unprotesting,
  • unassertive,
  • Nonresisting,
  • stoical,
  • well-disposed.
  •safe (adjective)
  • safest,
  • non-toxic,
  • Uninjurious,
  • innoxious,
  • nontoxic,
  • unpolluted,
  • riskless,
  • nonpoisonous,
  • non-poisonous,
  • SAFER,
  • risk-free.
  •sheepish (adjective)
  • more mortified,
  • most chagrined,
  • self conscious,
  • more chagrined,
  • un comfortable,
  • re-tiring,
  • re tiring,
  • un-comfortable,
  • selfconscious,
  • most mortified.
  •slow (adjective)
  • impeded,
  • time-consuming,
  • long delayed,
  • gradual,
  • long-delayed,
  • slowest,
  • behindhand,
  • unpunctual,
  • draggy.
  •spiritless (adjective)
  • down mouth,
  • un-moved,
  • un-concerned,
  • down the mouth,
  • in-animate,
  • un concerned,
  • mopiest,
  • in animate,
  • down the dumps,
  • down dumps,
  • mopier.
  •submissive (adjective)
  • more giving in,
  • non resistant,
  • most comformable,
  • most complying,
  • sub missive,
  • more uncomplaining,
  • more givingin,
  • most giving in,
  • more complying,
  • yessest,
  • un-complaining,
  • more nonresistant,
  • sub-missive,
  • givingin,
  • most giving-in,
  • most uncomplaining,
  • more giving-in,
  • more comformable,
  • yesser,
  • un complaining,
  • more obeying,
  • most givingin,
  • most obeying,
  • most nonresistant.
  •tasteless (adjective)
  • plain vanilla,
  • big zero,
  • without spice,
  • savorless,
  • unpleasurable.
  •tractable (adjective)
  • more tractile,
  • most tractile,
  • putty hands,
  • tractile.
  •tranquil (adjective)
  • un excited,
  • more poised,
  • un-excitable,
  • even tempered,
  • most poised,
  • un-excited,
  • un ruffled,
  • most unexcited,
  • un excitable,
  • more unexcitable,
  • more unexcited,
  • most murmuring,
  • more murmuring,
  • un-perturbed,
  • eventempered,
  • un perturbed,
  • most unexcitable,
  • un-ruffled,
  • un disturbed.
  •unimaginative (adjective)
  • un creative,
  • un-creative,
  • un-original,
  • dime dozen,
  • un-romantic,
  • un imaginative,
  • un original,
  • un romantic,
  • un-imaginative.
  •vapid (adjective)
  • least.
  •weariful (adjective)
  • drearest,
  • drearer.
  •willing (adjective)
  • adaptable,
  • cooperative,
  • yielding,
  • eager,
  • willing,
  • agreeable,
  • persuadable,
  • plastic,
  • flexible,
  • compliant,
  • earnest,
  • susceptible,
  • ductile,
  • acquiescent,
  • ready,
  • receptive,
  • malleable,
  • assenting.

• n.

  •
  • alarmed,
  • fearful,
  • petrified,
  • afraid,
  • startled,
  • panic-stricken,
  • intimidated,
  • (with) your heart in your mouth,
  • scared,
  • frightened.
  •
  • androgynous,
  • anthropoid,
  • asexual,
  • amphibious,
  • Caged,
  • articulate,
  • arboreal,
  • best-of-breed,
  • captive,
  • aquatic.
  •
  • animated,
  • bloodless,
  • spirited,
  • alive,
  • uninspired,
  • limp,
  • half-baked,
  • weak,
  • trivial,
  • flat.
  •
  • enhance,
  • optimization,
  • revitalize,
  • boost,
  • improve on,
  • enrich,
  • improve,
  • lift,
  • remedy.
  •
  • regulate,
  • confine,
  • restrict,
  • determine,
  • cure,
  • limit.
  •broken (noun)
  • broken.
  •broken in (noun)
  • broken in.
  •cultivate (noun)
  • cultivate.
  •cultivated (noun)
  • cultivated.
  •domesticate (noun)
  • domesticate.
  •domesticise (noun)
  • domesticise.
  •reclaim (noun)
  • reclaim.
  •tame (noun)
  • naturalise,
  • naturalize,
  • tamed,
  • domesticated.
  •uninteresting (noun)
  • uninteresting.

• v.

  •break (verb)
  • de classing,
  • in capacitates,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-prove,
  • de moralizing,
  • de-meriting,
  • dis confirmed,
  • disconfirms,
  • de-merit,
  • de-moralize,
  • de moting,
  • de meriting,
  • under-mined,
  • de classed,
  • re butted,
  • re-duces,
  • dis-confirm,
  • in capacitate,
  • de-grades,
  • de graded,
  • re duces,
  • de merited,
  • co-wed,
  • re-butting,
  • co-wing,
  • de-grade,
  • de grading,
  • de-merits,
  • dis-confirms,
  • de-motes,
  • de classes,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • de-classes,
  • de-classing,
  • dis proved,
  • de-merited,
  • in-capacitated,
  • de moralizes,
  • dis prove,
  • de merit,
  • de-moralized,
  • in-capacitating,
  • re-butted,
  • declasses,
  • de mote,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de moralized,
  • de-grading,
  • in capacitated,
  • de-mote,
  • re butting,
  • under-mining,
  • dis-proving,
  • de-graded,
  • de-moting,
  • in-capacitates,
  • dis confirming,
  • de class,
  • dis confirm,
  • re-duce,
  • de-class,
  • de motes,
  • de-moralizes,
  • dis confirms,
  • de grade,
  • Declassing,
  • dis proves,
  • in capacitating,
  • de moralize,
  • dis-proves,
  • under mined,
  • co wed,
  • de-classed,
  • under mining,
  • co wing,
  • in-capacitate,
  • re duce,
  • de merits,
  • de grades,
  • dis-proved,
  • dis-confirming.
  •break in (verb)
  • pre pared,
  • pre pares,
  • pre-pared,
  • pre-pare,
  • pre-paring,
  • pre paring,
  • pre pare,
  • pre-pares.
  •chasten (verb)
  • ex probates,
  • hadst on carpet,
  • take task,
  • re-presses,
  • hadst carpet,
  • hast on carpet,
  • be-rated,
  • calls down,
  • has carpet,
  • up braids,
  • having the carpet,
  • re pressed,
  • had on the carpet,
  • up braided,
  • re presses,
  • takes task,
  • took task,
  • had the carpet,
  • called down,
  • re straining,
  • have on carpet,
  • having on the carpet,
  • hadst the carpet,
  • hath the carpet,
  • haddest on carpet,
  • be rates,
  • ex probated,
  • hath carpet,
  • tongue-lashed,
  • re proves,
  • tonguelash,
  • has on the carpet,
  • takes to task,
  • fulminated against,
  • be rated,
  • re proving,
  • has on carpet,
  • ex probating,
  • re-straining,
  • tongue lashed,
  • hath on carpet,
  • tonguelashing,
  • be rating,
  • has the carpet,
  • having carpet,
  • re-pressing,
  • haddest carpet,
  • ex-probate,
  • up-braiding,
  • hath on the carpet,
  • tonguelashes,
  • tongue lashes,
  • re strains,
  • tonguelashed,
  • hast carpet,
  • ex-probates,
  • up-braids,
  • had carpet,
  • hadst on the carpet,
  • ex-probated,
  • exprobates,
  • be-rating,
  • ex probate,
  • fulminates against,
  • ex-probating,
  • haddest the carpet,
  • re pressing,
  • be rate,
  • having on carpet,
  • taking task,
  • up-braided,
  • be-rate,
  • re-proved,
  • hast on the carpet,
  • hast the carpet,
  • re press,
  • have the carpet,
  • re prove,
  • fulminating against,
  • took to task,
  • tongue-lashes,
  • had on carpet,
  • re-strain,
  • re-strains,
  • up-braid,
  • re-proves,
  • re-proving,
  • haddest on the carpet,
  • up braid,
  • be-rates,
  • exprobated,
  • have carpet,
  • exprobating,
  • re strain,
  • tongue lashing,
  • taking to task,
  • re proved,
  • re-press,
  • re-prove.
  •check (verb)
  • counter-acted,
  • with-hold,
  • de-laying,
  • pre-vent,
  • nip in bud,
  • de lays,
  • Bitting,
  • with-holds,
  • dis courage,
  • re-pulse,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re-buffing,
  • re pulsed,
  • pre-venting,
  • counter-acting,
  • reining in,
  • played for time,
  • with-held,
  • holds in,
  • slows down,
  • re-buffed,
  • pre-vented,
  • re buffed,
  • re buffs,
  • re-pulsed,
  • de lay,
  • re buff,
  • re pulsing,
  • slackening pace,
  • re-pulses,
  • nip the bud,
  • counter-act,
  • holds down,
  • counter acts,
  • pre vents,
  • counter-acts,
  • de-lays,
  • dis courages,
  • re pulses,
  • re-buffs,
  • pre-vents,
  • slackened pace,
  • counter acted,
  • counter act,
  • de-lay,
  • de laying,
  • with holding,
  • slackens pace,
  • dis-courage,
  • dis-courages,
  • nip bud,
  • with held,
  • re-buff,
  • slowing down,
  • pre vent,
  • re pulse,
  • with hold,
  • pre venting,
  • re buffing,
  • with holds,
  • counter acting.
  •civilize (verb)
  • helping forward,
  • re fines,
  • ethicizing,
  • pro-motes,
  • re-fining,
  • in form,
  • up lifted,
  • in-forming,
  • in forms,
  • up lifts,
  • helps forward,
  • spiritualizes,
  • up-lift,
  • in-forms,
  • re-fines,
  • pro-mote,
  • up lift,
  • up-lifting,
  • in forming,
  • ethicized,
  • up-lifts,
  • pro moting,
  • up lifting,
  • up-lifted,
  • re fine,
  • ethicizes,
  • helped forward,
  • re fined,
  • re-fine,
  • pro-moting.
  •communication (verb)
  • tone down.
  •control (verb)
  • subject.
  •curb (verb)
  • keeps lid on,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • sending up,
  • keeping lid on,
  • kept tight rein on,
  • co oking,
  • cools down,
  • keeps tight rein on,
  • co-oking,
  • cools off,
  • kept lid on,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • hog tie,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • cooled off,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • keeping tight rein on,
  • entrammels,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • entrammeled,
  • co oked,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • boxed in,
  • entrammeling,
  • boxing in,
  • co-oked.
  •domesticate, make compliant (verb)
  • suppress,
  • domiciliate,
  • vanquish,
  • bridle,
  • mitigate,
  • water down,
  • train,
  • repress,
  • soften,
  • enslave,
  • housebreak,
  • humble,
  • discipline,
  • house-train,
  • conquer,
  • temper,
  • mute,
  • break the spirit,
  • restrain.
  •govern (verb)
  • dis pose,
  • dis-posing,
  • in clines,
  • dis posing,
  • pre disposes,
  • under lied,
  • under-lying,
  • pre dispose,
  • directionalizing,
  • gat better of,
  • under-lain,
  • in cline,
  • in-clines,
  • gat the better of,
  • got better of,
  • under lay,
  • get better of,
  • gotten the better of,
  • directionalizes,
  • gets the better of,
  • in-cline,
  • pre-dispose,
  • pre-disposing,
  • gets better of,
  • getting better of,
  • underlied,
  • under-lied,
  • directionalized,
  • under-lay,
  • got the better of,
  • under lain,
  • pre-disposes,
  • gotten better of,
  • dis-pose,
  • dis-posed,
  • dis posed,
  • getting the better of,
  • pre-disposed,
  • pre disposing.
  •harness (verb)
  • puts harness,
  • out fit,
  • putting in harness,
  • making productive,
  • out-fit,
  • rendered useful,
  • putting harness,
  • out-fitted,
  • put harness,
  • out fits,
  • out fitted,
  • out fitting,
  • makes productive,
  • rendering useful,
  • made productive,
  • puts in harness,
  • out-fits,
  • renders useful,
  • out-fitting.
  •pacify (verb)
  • kisses and make up,
  • taking edge off,
  • burying the hatchet,
  • kissing make up,
  • taking the edge off,
  • buried hatchet,
  • makes peace,
  • takes edge off,
  • smoothed over,
  • kissed and make up,
  • smoothing over,
  • kisses make up,
  • kissing and make up,
  • pacificated,
  • take edge off,
  • putting the lid on,
  • kiss make up,
  • buries hatchet,
  • took the edge off,
  • making peace,
  • bury hatchet,
  • smooths over,
  • putting lid on,
  • made peace,
  • puts the lid on,
  • lays back,
  • laying back,
  • pacificating,
  • takes the edge off,
  • buries the hatchet,
  • took edge off,
  • buried the hatchet,
  • burying hatchet,
  • pacificates,
  • kissed make up.
  •reclaim (verb)
  • re furbishes,
  • re-furbished,
  • re formed,
  • re generates,
  • re-covering,
  • re generate,
  • re claiming,
  • re forms,
  • re-solves,
  • re-claiming,
  • re-call,
  • re forming,
  • re-pairing,
  • re-paired,
  • re-claims,
  • re cover,
  • re covering,
  • re-covered,
  • re calling,
  • re-generates,
  • re-furbishing,
  • Re-forming,
  • re-solve,
  • re calls,
  • re solve,
  • re pair,
  • re claim,
  • re-calls,
  • re claims,
  • re-furbishes,
  • re claimed,
  • re solves,
  • re-solved,
  • re furbished,
  • re-generated,
  • re-calling,
  • re paired,
  • re pairs,
  • re pairing,
  • re-solving,
  • re-pair,
  • re generated,
  • re-generating,
  • re generating,
  • re form,
  • re-furbish,
  • re-forms,
  • re covered,
  • re-claimed,
  • re-called,
  • re-pairs,
  • re-covers,
  • re-generate.
  •subdue (verb)
  • de-feat,
  • over-powering,
  • gets under control,
  • sub due,
  • over running,
  • gotten upper hand,
  • gat upper hand,
  • getting upper hand,
  • over come,
  • beats down,
  • sub-due,
  • triumphing over,
  • got the upper hand,
  • gets upper hand,
  • over powered,
  • over comes,
  • triumphs over,
  • triumphed over,
  • beating down,
  • gets the upper hand,
  • over-comes,
  • over powering,
  • getting the upper hand,
  • gotten the upper hand,
  • sub dues,
  • got under control,
  • over-power,
  • sub-dues,
  • over-powered,
  • gat the upper hand,
  • over coming,
  • over runs,
  • de feat,
  • over powers,
  • gotten under control,
  • got upper hand,
  • de-feats,
  • de feats,
  • getting under control,
  • gat under control,
  • over-coming.
  •subjugate (verb)
  • bringing to heel,
  • reeling back in,
  • bringing heel,
  • brings to knees,
  • kept under thumb,
  • over-throw,
  • over-thrown,
  • brought heel,
  • brought knees,
  • over throwing,
  • keeps under thumb,
  • over throws,
  • bringing to knees,
  • brought to heel,
  • over throw,
  • bringing knees,
  • ruling over,
  • reels back in,
  • sub-jugate,
  • reeled back in,
  • over-throwing,
  • rules over,
  • brought to knees,
  • holds sway,
  • over thrown,
  • sub jugate,
  • keeping under thumb,
  • over-throws,
  • bring heel,
  • brings knees,
  • brings heel,
  • bring knees,
  • brings to heel,
  • kicks around.
  •train (verb)
  • drum in to,
  • gat workout,
  • getting workout,
  • whipping into shape,
  • got workout,
  • gets shape,
  • re-hearse,
  • co aching,
  • got in shape,
  • shows ropes,
  • dried run,
  • showing the ropes,
  • got shape,
  • getting a workout,
  • whips into shape,
  • got a workout,
  • gotten in shape,
  • getting shape,
  • co-aching,
  • up-dates,
  • co-ached,
  • showed the ropes,
  • get shape,
  • whipt in to shape,
  • shows the ropes,
  • up date,
  • gat a workout,
  • gotten shape,
  • grew strong,
  • re-hearses,
  • get workout,
  • up dates,
  • up dating,
  • showing ropes,
  • growing strong,
  • whipping in to shape,
  • gotten a workout,
  • grows strong,
  • gets in shape,
  • whip in to shape,
  • re hearses,
  • up dated,
  • show ropes,
  • gets workout,
  • getting in shape,
  • whipt into shape,
  • gotten workout,
  • whipped into shape,
  • dries run,
  • up-date,
  • showed ropes,
  • gat in shape,
  • whips in to shape,
  • whipped in to shape,
  • gets a workout,
  • gat shape,
  • wising up,
  • drying run,
  • makes ready,
  • wises up,
  • co ached,
  • caring for.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • humanize,
  • fierce.
  •
  • qualify.
  •
  • bust.
  •civilize
  • ethicize,
  • spiritualize,
  • help forward,
  • Spiritualizing,
  • Spiritualized,
  • enriches.
  •domesticated
  • harmless,
  • trained,
  • Muzzled,
  • civilized.
  •pacify
  • smooth over,
  • make peace,
  • kiss and make up,
  • placate,
  • pacificate,
  • take the edge off,
  • put the lid on,
  • put lid on,
  • lay back,
  • pacifies.

Paraphrases for Tame:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    well-educated, controlling, controlled, Farmed.
  • Verb, base form
    rein, master, subdue, curb, overpower, control, restrain, contain.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    domesticated, cultured, unremarkable.
  • Verb, base form
    dominate, conquer.

Antonyms for Tame:

• adj.

  • all
    wild.
  • domesticated, compliant
    exciting, harsh, unmanageable, rough, violent, interesting, bright, untamed.
  • dull, uninteresting
    strong, able.
  • Other antonyms:
    alluring, amusing, tantalizing, awesome, firm, wonderful, astonishing, rip-roaring, spellbinding, rousing, hair-raising, entertaining, intriguing, resolute, suspenseful, thrilling, obstinate, invigorating, attractive, wondrous, mesmerizing, spectacular, inspiring, unsubdued, stimulating, enthralling, energizing, charming, provocative, stirring, eye-opening, Wildish, poignant, fabulous, riveting, unyielding, dogged, determined, surprising, beguiling, gripping, absorbing, marvelous, engrossing, diverting, entrancing, exhilarating, breathtaking, galvanizing, sensational, electrifying, astounding, unregenerate, amazing, bewitching, wilful, opinionated, animating, self-willed, intractable, engaging, fascinating, moving, touching, enlivening, inflexible, arresting, enchanting, captivating.

• v.

  • domesticate, make compliant
    aid, fix, upset, help, surrender, allow, liberate, lose, irritate, fail, incite, release, free, agitate, mend, permit, let go, encourage.

Tame Sentence Examples:

• Why, the animal is as tame as a dog.

• He was one of the tame Algonquins who dwelt by Aird's store.

Hyponym for Tame:

• v.

  • change
    modify, change, alter.
  • communication
    modify, change, alter.