Tame

//teɪm//

Synonyms for "tame" (232 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Strong matches (69)

Related words (116)

languorous latent lay leaden lenify lessen lifeless lighten lily-livered litter logy manage manageable master mild mild as milk milk mitigate moderate modulate

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Adjective(2 words)

meek tamed

Verb(6 words)

moderate naturalise naturalize reclaim subdue tone down

Adjective(3 words)

toothless unexciting white bread

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

5 entries

accommodate adapt alter change modify

Antonyms

1 entries

wild

Synonyms

4 entries

domesticate domesticated meek tone down

derived

11 entries

Tameside a wild goose never laid a tame egg handtame pudding and tame tameable tameableness tamely tameness tamer untameable untameableness

etymologically related_to

1 entries

thame

has context

3 entries

dialect mathematics uk

manner of

1 entries

change

related to

21 entries

chain closed crushed depressed domesticated england exciting finite goyt greater manchester mersey mild polygonal quiet river spiritless

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similar

25 entries

broken broken in cultivated docile domestic domesticate domesticated domesticise domesticize gentle get control of manipulable

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Translations

167 translations across 59 languages.

Ancient Greek

4 entries

κτίλος adj (not wild)
ἥμερος adj (not wild)
δαμάζω verb (to make something tame)
ἡμερόω verb (to make something tame)

Arabic

3 entries

أَلِيف adj (not wild)
آلَفَ verb (to make something tame)
رَوَّضَ verb (to make something tame)

Armenian

3 entries

ընտանի adj (not wild)
ընտելանալ verb (to become tame)
ընտելացնել verb (to make something tame)

Asturian

1 entries

mansu adj (not wild)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

əhli adj (not wild)
əhliləşmiş adj (not wild)

Bikol Central

1 entries

magaro adj (not wild)

Bulgarian

3 entries

питомен adj (not wild)
опитомявам verb (to make something tame)
опитомявам се verb (to become tame)

Catalan

4 entries

mans adj (not wild)
amansir verb (to make something tame)
domar verb (to make something tame)
ensinistrar verb (to make something tame)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

馴服的 /驯服的 adj (not wild)
被驯化 verb (to become tame)
馴化 /驯化 verb (to make something tame)
馴服 /驯服 verb (to make something tame)

Czech

3 entries

krotký adj (not wild)
krotit verb (to make something tame)
zkrotit verb (to make something tame)

Danish

2 entries

tam adj (not wild)
tæmme verb (to make something tame)

Dutch

2 entries

tam adj (not wild)
temmen verb (to make something tame)

Esperanto

3 entries

malsovaĝa adj (not wild)
dresi verb (to make something tame)
malsovaĝigi verb (to make something tame)

Faroese

2 entries

tamur adj (not wild)
temja verb (to make something tame)

Finnish

3 entries

kesy adj (not wild)
kesyttää verb (to make something tame)
kesyyntyä verb (to become tame)

French

4 entries

apprivoisé adj (not wild)
apprivoiser verb (to make something tame)
domestiquer verb (to make something tame)
dompter verb (to make something tame)

Galician

2 entries

dócil adj (not wild)
manso adj (not wild)

Georgian

4 entries

გამგონი adj (not wild)
თვინიერი adj (not wild)
მოთვინიერებული adj (not wild)
მორჩილი adj (not wild)

German

4 entries

zahm adj (not wild)
zam adj (not wild)
zahm werden verb (to become tame)
zähmen verb (to make something tame)

Greek

4 entries

ήμερος adj (not wild)
δαμάζω verb (to make something tame)
εξημερώνομαι verb (to become tame)
εξημερώνω verb (to make something tame)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

donte verb (to make something tame)

Hawaiian

1 entries

laka adj (not wild)

Hebrew

2 entries

מְאֻלָּף adj (not wild)
מאולף adj (not wild)

Hindi

3 entries

कोमल adj (not wild)
दयालु adj (not wild)
नम्र adj (not wild)

Hungarian

4 entries

szelíd adj (not wild)
idomít verb (to make something tame)
megszelídít verb (to make something tame)
szelídít verb (to make something tame)

Icelandic

3 entries

gæfur adj (not wild)
spakur adj (not wild)
taminn adj (not wild)

Indonesian

2 entries

jinak adj (not wild)
menjinakkan verb (to make something tame)

Ingrian

1 entries

jurma adj (not wild)

Irish

1 entries

ceansaigh verb (to make something tame)

Italian

4 entries

addomesticato adj (not wild)
domato adj (not wild)
addomesticare verb (to make something tame)
ammansire verb (to make something tame)

Japanese

2 entries

飼いならされた adj (not wild)
飼いならす verb (to make something tame)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

tāimīe verb (to make something tame)

Khmer

1 entries

ផ្សាំង adj (not wild)

Korean

3 entries

길들인 adj (not wild)
길들다 verb (to become tame)
길들이다 verb (to make something tame)

Latin

4 entries

cicur adj (not wild)
mānsuēs adj (not wild)
mānsuētus adj (not wild)
domō verb (to make something tame)

Low German

4 entries

tahm adj (not wild)
tamm adj (not wild)
tahm warrn verb (to become tame)
tamm warrn verb (to become tame)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

zam adj (not wild)

Malay

1 entries

jinak adj (not wild)

Meänkieli

1 entries

alju adj (not wild)

Middle English

1 entries

daunten verb (to make something tame)

Norwegian

3 entries

tam adj (not wild)
temme verb (to make something tame)
temmes verb (to become tame)

Old English

2 entries

tam adj (not wild)
temian verb (to make something tame)

Polish

3 entries

oswojony adj (not wild)
oswajać verb (to make something tame)
oswoić verb (to make something tame)

Portuguese

4 entries

domesticado adj (not wild)
domar verb (to make something tame)
domar-se verb (to become tame)
ser domado verb (to become tame)

Romanian

2 entries

blând adj (not wild)
îmblânzi verb (to make something tame)

Russian

4 entries

приручённый adj (not wild)
ручно́й adj (not wild)
прируча́ть verb (to make something tame)
прируча́ться verb (to become tame)

Sanskrit

1 entries

दाम्यति verb (to make something tame)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

ceannsaichte adj (not wild)
callaich verb (to make something tame)
ceannsaich verb (to make something tame)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pìtom adj (not wild)
пѝтом adj (not wild)
pripitòmiti verb (to make something tame)
припито̀мити verb (to make something tame)

Slovene

1 entries

krotek adj (not wild)

Spanish

4 entries

insulso adj (not exciting)
manso adj (not wild)
soso adj (not exciting)
amansar verb (to make something tame)

Swedish

2 entries

tam adj (not wild)
tämja verb (to make something tame)

Tagalog

1 entries

maamo adj (not wild)

Telugu

1 entries

మచ్చిక adj (not wild)

Thai

1 entries

เชื่อง adj (not wild)

Turkish

4 entries

adamcıl adj (not wild)
ehlî adj (not wild)
evcil adj (not wild)
evcilleşmek verb (to become tame)

Ukrainian

2 entries

прируча́ти verb (to make something tame)
приручи́ти verb (to make something tame)

Vietnamese

3 entries

đã dạy thuần adj (not wild)
đã thuần hoá adj (not wild)
dạy cho thuần verb (to make something tame)

Welsh

2 entries

dofi adj (not wild)
swci adj (not wild)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The birds are so tame they will eat from your hand.

Source: tatoeba (45017)

The bear is quite tame and doesn't bite.

Source: tatoeba (48604)

This camel is so tame that anyone can ride it.

Source: tatoeba (60368)

This lion is very tame.

Source: tatoeba (60370)

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