tame
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3.4
- adjective
- /teɪm/
:
sumiso
- 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
146
1.0
Easy to handle or train and not aggressive
72
3.3
A person who is gentle and not forceful
12
4.4
Quiet and gentle and not likely to speak up
11
5.5
Quiet and controlled in voice or actions, not noisy
Calm and controlled, not strong or showy
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.