🐴tame

Meaning

to domesticate or control an animal, person, or situation

to make a wild animal gentle and obedient; to control or subdue

domesticated and not wild; gentle and easy to control

Example Sentences

The trainer managed to tame the wild horse.

It took months to tame the wild horse.

The tame lion performed tricks in the circus.

Example Expressions

tame the beast

Synonyms

domesticate, train, discipline, control, subdue, domesticated, gentle, docile, obedient

Entry 1

domesticate, train, discipline, control, subdue

Entry 2

domesticate, train, subdue, control

Entry 3

domesticated, gentle, docile, obedient

Antonyms

wild, untamed, uncontrolled, fierce, savage

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wild, untamed, uncontrolled

Entry 2

wild, untamed, fierce, savage

Entry 3

wild, fierce, untamed, savage

Collocations

tame animal, tame horse, tame spirit, tame manner, tame lion, tame beast, tame wild, tame behavior

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tame animal, tame horse, tame spirit, tame manner

Entry 2

tame animal, tame lion, tame horse, tame beast, tame wild

Entry 3

tame animal, tame lion, tame behavior