Tame

Quick meaning: Tame is an adjective meaning (figurative) Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme.

Meaning

(figurative) Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme.

More Meanings

1. Not exciting.
2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
3. (mathematics, of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
4. (transitive) To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
5. (chiefly of animals) Accustomed to human contact.
6. (chiefly of animals) Docile or tranquil towards humans.
7. (obsolete) Of a non-Westernised person, accustomed to European society.

Example Sentences

The lion was quite tame.

He tamed the wild horse.

This party is too tame for me.

tame slaves of the laborious plough

Word Forms

• tamer
• tamest
• tames
• taming
• tamed

Synonyms for tame

Depending on context, synonyms include dull, flat, insipid, subdued, docile, subdue.

Antonyms for tame

Common opposites include exciting, wild, untamed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include domesticated, docile, gentle, cultivated, subdued, domestic.

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