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tame
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- pronunciation:
- teIm
- parts of speech:
- adjective, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
tamer, tamest |
| definition: |
When an animal is tame, it has grown up with humans or it has come under the control of humans. Tame animals are not afraid of people and are not usually dangerous.
Dogs and wolves are similar animals, but most dogs that we see every day are tame, and wolves are wild.- synonyms:
- domesticated, trained
- antonyms:
- wild
- similar words:
- domestic
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| related words: |
gentle, mild, pet |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
tames, taming, tamed |
| definition: |
When someone tames a wild animal or thing, they bring them under the control of human beings. If a wild animal is tamed, it is no longer wild.
It can be dangerous to try to tame a wild animal.Pioneers tamed the wilderness.- synonyms:
- domesticate
- similar words:
- harness, master, train
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| derivations: |
tamable (tameable) (adj.), tamed (adj.), tamely (adv.), tameness (n.), tamer (n.) |
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