tame

The word “tame” has 1 syllable: tame

It's pronounced as /teɪm/

What is synonym and antonym for tame?

In the thesaurus, “tame” has 207 synonyms and 100 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tame along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tame

acclimatized
amenable
annoying
arid
arrest
aseptic
barren
biddable
blah
bland
blank
block
bloodless
boiled down
boring
bothersome
break
break in
break the spirit
bridle
bridled
bring to heel
broken
bust
busted
check
civilized
colorless
common
commonplace
conquer
constrain
contain
control
conventional
cultivated
cumbersome
curb
debilitating
demoralizing
diluted
discipline
disciplined
discouraging
disheartening
dispiriting
docile
domestic
domesticated
domesticize
domiciliate
drab
draining
dreary
drudging
dry
dull
dullish
dusty
earthbound
enervating
enfeebling
enslave
exhausting
familiar
fatiguing
fearless
feeble
flat
gag
gentle
gentle as a lamb
govern
gray
grey
habituated
halfhearted
halterbroken
hamper
handcuff
harmless
harnessed
heavy
hinder
ho-hum
hold
hold back
house-train
housebreak
housebroken
humble
humdrum
impede
inanimate
inhibit
insipid
interrupt
irksome
irritating
jading
jejune
keep
kindly
leaden
lifeless
limp
longsome
lumbering
manageable
measure
meek
mild
mince
mind-numbing
mitigate
monochromatic
monotonous
muffle
mute
muzzle
muzzled
numbing
obedient
obstruct
old
ordinary
overcome
pacify
pallid
palling
pedantic
pedestrian
pleasureless
pliable
pliant
plodding
pocket
pokey
poky
ponderous
prosaic
prosy
pull in
regulate
repress
restrain
routine
rule
semidomesticated
silence
sink
slow
smother
soften
soggy
spiritless
squelch
stale
sterile
stifle
stodgy
stop
strangle
stuffy
stupid
subdue
subdued
subjugate
submissive
suppress
suspenseless
swallow
tamed
tedious
temper
tepid
tiresome
tiring
tone down
tractable
train
trained
unafraid
undramatic
uneventful
unexceptional
unexciting
unimaginative
uninspiring
uninteresting
unnewsworthy
unresisting
unrewarding
unsensational
unspectacular
unsurprising
vanquish
vapid
water down
weak
wearing
wearisome
weary
wearying
white-bread
without punch
yoked

Antonyms for tame

able
absorbing
agitate
aid
air
allow
alluring
amazing
amusing
animating
arresting
astonishing
astounding
attracting
attractive
awesome
beguiling
bewitching
breathtaking
bright
captivating
charming
diverting
electrifying
enchanting
encourage
energizing
engaging
engrossing
enlivening
entertaining
enthralling
entrancing
exciting
exhilarating
express
eye-opening
fabulous
fail
fascinating
feral
fix
free
galvanizing
gripping
hair-raising
harsh
help
incite
inspiring
interesting
intriguing
invigorating
involving
irritate
let go
liberate
loose
loosen
lose
marvellous
marvelous
mend
mesmerizing
moving
permit
poignant
provocative
release
rip-roaring
riveting
rough
rousing
savage
sensational
spectacular
spellbinding
stimulating
stirring
strong
surprising
surrender
suspenseful
take out
tantalizing
thrilling
touching
unbroken
undomesticated
unleash
unmanageable
untamed
untrained
upset
vent
violent
wild
wildish
wonderful
wondrous

Meanings of tame

verb
1. To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
2. To become tame or domesticated.
3. To make gentle or meek.
4. To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
adjective
1. Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
2. (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact.
3. Not exciting.
4. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
5. (of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

Example Sentences

After months of training, the wild horse finally became tame.
She has a knack for calming down even the most tame animals.
The lion at the zoo appears fierce, but it is actually quite tame.
It took a lot of patience to tame the unruly dog.
His tame behavior during the meeting surprised everyone, as he’s usually outspoken.

On this page you'll find 307 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tame, such as: able, absorbing, acclimatized, agitate, aid, air, allow.

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