taming

The word “taming” has 2 syllables: ta-ming

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪ.mɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for taming?

In the thesaurus, “taming” has 70 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for taming

  • arresting
  • blocking
  • break
  • break in
  • break the spirit
  • bridle
  • bridling
  • bring to heel
  • bust
  • check
  • checking
  • conquer
  • constraining
  • containing
  • controlling
  • curb
  • curbing
  • discipline
  • domesticize
  • domiciliate
  • enslave
  • gagging
  • gentle
  • governing
  • hampering
  • handcuffing
  • hindering
  • holding
  • holding back
  • house-train
  • housebreak
  • humble
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • interrupting
  • keeping
  • measuring
  • mincing
  • mitigate
  • muffling
  • mute
  • muzzling
  • obstructing
  • pacify
  • pocketing
  • pulling in
  • regulating
  • repress
  • repressing
  • restrain
  • restraining
  • ruling
  • silencing
  • sinking
  • smothering
  • soften
  • squelching
  • stifling
  • stopping
  • strangling
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • suppress
  • suppressing
  • swallowing
  • temper
  • tone down
  • train
  • vanquish
  • water down

Antonyms for taming

  • agitate
  • aid
  • airing
  • allow
  • encourage
  • expressing
  • fail
  • fix
  • free
  • help
  • incite
  • irritate
  • let go
  • liberate
  • liberating
  • loosening
  • loosing
  • lose
  • losing
  • mend
  • permit
  • release
  • surrender
  • taking out
  • unleashing
  • upset
  • venting

Meanings of taming

  • 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.
  • noun
    1. The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.

Example Sentences

  • The taming of wild horses takes patience and skill from the trainer.
  • He spent years taming the aggressive dog to become more sociable.
  • The process of taming a lion requires both physical strength and psychological expertise.
  • She is known for her ability to work with difficult animals, focusing on taming them humanely.
  • Taming his temper was one of the most challenging things he had to learn.

On this page you'll find 97 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to taming, such as: agitate, aid, airing, allow, arresting, blocking, break.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • abidance
  • abiding by
  • accession
  • accomplishing
  • achieving
  • acquiescence
  • adherence
  • administering
  • administrating
  • agreement
  • answering
  • arresting
  • attendance
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  • authority
  • averting
  • balance
  • battling
  • bearing
  • blessing
  • blocking
  • boasting
  • bridling
  • bringing about
  • bringing off
  • buffering
  • bulwarking
  • care
  • carrying on
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  • celebrating
  • cellaring
  • charge
  • checking
  • cherishing
  • claiming
  • co-directing
  • co-managing
  • codirecting
  • collaring
  • comanaging
  • command
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  • commemorating
  • committing
  • compassing
  • completing
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  • conformance
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  • consecrating
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  • consummating
  • containing
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  • control
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  • covering
  • curbing
  • custodianship
  • custody
  • defending
  • deference
  • detaining
  • directing
  • discharging
  • dominion
  • effecting
  • enjoying
  • enjoyment
  • estate
  • executing
  • fencing
  • fending
  • feting
  • fettle
  • fighting
  • filing
  • filling
  • finalizing
  • financing
  • finishing
  • footing
  • forfending
  • form
  • fulfilling
  • funding
  • gagging
  • garaging
  • governing
  • governorship
  • guardianship
  • guarding
  • guiding
  • hampering
  • handcuffing
  • handling
  • hands
  • hangaring
  • hanging on to
  • harboring
  • harmony
  • having
  • health
  • heed
  • hindering
  • holding
  • holding back
  • holding on to
  • honor
  • honoring
  • housing
  • hugging
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • interrupting
  • kilter
  • lauding
  • leading
  • maintaining
  • making
  • making good
  • making good on
  • management
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  • mastery
  • measuring
  • meeting
  • memorializing
  • micromanaging
  • mincing
  • minding
  • muffling
  • muzzling
  • nick
  • notice
  • obedience
  • observance
  • observation
  • observing
  • obstructing
  • operating
  • opposing
  • order
  • overlooking
  • overseeing
  • ownership
  • owning
  • packing
  • palisading
  • pass
  • patronizing
  • perfecting
  • performing
  • phase
  • picketing
  • picture
  • piloting
  • pocketing
  • possessing
  • possession
  • posture
  • power
  • practice
  • practise
  • praising
  • preservation
  • preserving
  • preventing
  • procurement
  • proprietorship
  • protecting
  • protection
  • pulling in
  • putting up
  • rank
  • redeeming
  • regard
  • regulating
  • remembering
  • repair
  • repositing
  • repossession
  • repressing
  • reserving
  • resisting
  • respect
  • restraining
  • retaining
  • retention
  • ruling
  • running
  • safeguarding
  • safekeeping
  • sanctifying
  • satisfying
  • saving
  • scene
  • screening
  • securing
  • setting up
  • shape
  • shelving
  • shielding
  • silencing
  • sinking
  • situation
  • smothering
  • solemnizing
  • sponsoring
  • squelching
  • stage
  • stage-managing
  • staking
  • standing
  • standing up for
  • status
  • steering
  • stewarding
  • stifling
  • stopping
  • storing
  • stowing
  • strangling
  • submission
  • superintendence
  • superintending
  • supervising
  • supervision
  • supporting
  • suppressing
  • surrender
  • swallowing
  • taking care of
  • taming
  • tending
  • treasuring
  • trim
  • trust
  • underwriting
  • uniformity
  • upholding
  • walling
  • ward
  • warding
  • warehousing
  • warring
  • watching
  • watching over
  • withholding
  • withstanding

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