tame

Examples

• All

• Ah Elm, this guy’s been around humans so long he’s probably tame as a kitten.

  Arbor Day (1990)

• I have 5 RIR, and they are wonderful girls; they are very tame and lovable chickens.

  Blog text (3)

• We can be like the tame animals, like sheep, for example.

• The deer are very tame and will come right up to you.

  Academic text (2001)

• A big, fat, tame pussycat!

  The Wild (2006)

• We had six tame hens in the coop.

  Fiction book (1999)

• But the llamas, giraffes, deer, and various tame animals are free to roam the compound grounds.

  Fiction book (1990)

• THE CAT IS TAME.

  Cheetah (1989)

• The animal sat quietly and was so tame that it allowed itself to be stroked softly.

• We can be like the tame animals, enjoying the comforts of home rather than roaming free.

Synonyms

D

domestic

vstame

32 2.5

Animals and plants changed to live with people for food, work, or pets

is about being not wild or under human control rather than living at home

B

broken

vstame

• Specialized

1 5.8

Tamed and trained to obey people

is under human control but not specifically trained to obey commands

D

domesticated

vstame

• Specialized

3.1

Kept or grown by people for food, work and company

is under human control without implying adaptation for use

T

tamed

vstame

1.8

Made less wild so people can control it

is about being under human control rather than changed to be less dangerous

Antonyms

W

wild

∞ 1.0

Living in a natural state and not tamed by people

Idioms

W

wild goose never laid a tame egg

• Informal

9.9

A saying that you should not expect a wild person or thing to behave calmly

How Tame

domesticated

• Specialized

3.1

tame

11 1.0

docile

22 5.5

wild

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology