TAME Synonyms: 223 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈtām

Definition of tame

as in tamed

changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans every evening, a wild Canada goose is at the food trough with our tame geese

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as in boring

causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest that action movie was so tame I fell asleep about 20 minutes into it

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verb

as in to regulate

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids

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Recent Examples of tame

Adjective

Both projects do rise slightly on the Billboard 200, but even those minor gains take place during a tame period for the superstar. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Stubborn inflation, though, is nudging the central bank toward raising interest rates before the end of the year in order to help tame inflation. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Verb

But while European governments have shifted their approaches in a bid to tame rising anti-immigration sentiment, deteriorating economic conditions in North Africa and the Middle East are pushing many there to seek better lives elsewhere. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Unlike now, when Google is widely seen as both portal and gatekeeper, sites like AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, HotBot, and Ask Jeeves promised to tame the chaos, each with its own suite of quirks, charms, and flaws. — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tame

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tame

Adjective

These inventions transformed honey bees from a largely feral species into semi-domesticated livestock that could be managed year-round, expanded, and reproduced.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026

Definition of domesticated

Adjective

When talking about the Gerhardt brothers, Hudson, a quarterback, and Bailen, a receiver, first-year Village Christian coach Rand Holdren says there’s never a boring moment when the two are together.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Everton have finished 13th, in the boring but comfortable reassurance of mid-table, in each of the past two seasons.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of boring

Adjective

Ukraine’s domestic missile production has not stood still, however.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The combination of the conference, robotics competition and growing investment in Chinese manufacturers highlights the country’s ambition to build a broad domestic robotics ecosystem.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of domestic

Verb

The filing says a witness reported seeing a gray GMC Denali towing a box trailer containing people, including children.

— Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Hugging Face’s, meanwhile, is a few pages shorter but contains specific lines of code and evidence from its systems about what happened.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of contain

Adjective

Food & Drink You’ll find just two dining venues on the property, The Dining Room (which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and the poolside Palapa Bar, but there’s no chance of tiring of the fare.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026
Permanent Marker Removal Trying to scrub permanent marker away is tiring, time-consuming, and often futile without some type of product to loosen the marker.

— Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of tiring

Verb

During an operation, a surgeon controls robotic arms fitted with small instruments while viewing the surgical area through a three-dimensional vision system.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Japanese doctors have advised patients reporting rashes or difficulty controlling bowels after frequent use to stop until symptoms clear, per the AP.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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