Tame

What do we mean by tame?

Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state. adjective

Naturally unafraid; not timid. adjective

Submissive; docile; fawning. adjective

Insipid; flat. adjective

Sluggish; languid; inactive. adjective

To make tame; domesticate. transitive verb

To subdue or curb. transitive verb

To change from an uncontrolled or disorderly to a controlled state. transitive verb

Reclaimed from wildness, savagery, or barbarism.

Of beasts, birds, etc.: Reclaimed from the feral condition or state of nature for the use or benefit of man; not wild; domesticated; made tractable.

Having lost or not exhibiting the usual characteristics of a wild animal, as ferocity, fear of man, and shyness: as, a tame wild cat; the wild ducks are quite tame this season; the bear seemed very tame.

Cultivated; improved: noting land, vegetable products, etc.

Submissive; spiritless; pusillanimous.

Sluggish; languid; dull; lacking earnestness, fervor, or ardor.

Deficient in interesting or striking qualities; uninspiring; insipid; flat: as, a tame description.

Ineffectual; impotent; inert.

Accommodated to one's habits; wonted; accustomed.

Feeble, vapid, prosy, prosaic.

To reclaim from a wild or savage state; overcome the natural ferocity or shyness of; make gentle and tractable; domesticate; break in, as a wild beast or bird.

To subdue; curb; reduce to submission.

To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

To become tame or domesticated.

To make gentle or meek.

Words that are spelled similarly to tame:
tame.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tame:
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Words that rhyme with tame:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe tame:
fruitful, creatures, upper, small, cer, old.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tame:
animals, ones, elephants, deer, birds, affair, animal, bird, cat, submission, lion, pigeons, cattle, bear, ducks, elephant, rabbit, rabbits, beasts, creatures, horses, geese, duck, one, grasses, indians, tigers, stuff, goose, pigeon, cats, hay, goats, dog, lions, fowl, reindeer, author, fox, fowls, horse, sheep, crow, monkey, surrender, beast, creature, acquiescence, tiger, fish, eagle, snake, raven, dogs, rats, manner, wolf, bears, conclusion, rat, squirrel, sport, kind, dove, swan, species, ending, buffalo, pigs, buffaloes, affairs, snakes, hares, pheasants, sort, turkeys, version, leopard, squirrels, parrots, cows, pig, owl, partridge, magpie, monkeys.

Consonant match to tame:
time, term, team, tome, tom, teem, tomb, tam, tim, temne, thom, tamm, temme, timm, tomme, timme.

Words that sound like tame:
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