tame
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3.4
- adjective
- /teɪm/
- Why, he's as tame as a kitten.
- gentle and tame
Examples
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Even my mother seemed tame after what I had run into during those first two weeks in Denver.
Fiction book (1995) -
He is a tame person who never raises his voice in arguments.
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Suddenly, she was as tame as when she had come.
Fiction book (1991) -
Even a tame school like Central West Valley has a group of those kinds of guys.
Fiction book (1995) -
I think they are not serious, and they are tame.
Academic text (1999) -
His father seemed tame, if a bit distracted.
Fiction book (1998) -
We're quite tame, dear.
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Gideon, like Isaac, is his mother's only child, tame, gentle, and protected.
Academic text (2001) -
Although both boys and girls are indulged and spoiled, girls seem to be more spoiled and less tame.
Academic text (1994) -
He's perfectly tame.
Synonyms
45
1.0
Easy to handle or train and not aggressive
37
4.4
Quiet and gentle and not likely to speak up
34
3.3
A person who is gentle and not forceful
26
5.3
Calm and controlled, not strong or showy
13
5.5
Quiet and controlled in voice or actions, not noisy
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A saying that you should not expect a wild person or thing to behave calmly
How Assertive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tame, as an adjective for a person or their behaviour, comes from the idea of a wild animal made 'calm', so a person who is tame is gentle, quiet, and not likely to fight back.