tame
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
correct by punishment or discipline
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
flat and uninspiring
Related & opposite
- jejunity derivation
- unexciting similar to
Sense 3 verb
make less strong or intense; soften
Tone down that aggressive letter
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- moderation derivation
Sense 4 adjective
very restrained or quiet
a tame Christmas party
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
domesticate oats
Types & categories
- adapt hypernym
Related & opposite
- naturalization derivation
- naturalization derivation
- plant life domain topic
Sense 6 adjective
brought from wildness into a domesticated state
tame animals
Related & opposite
- tractable also see
- untamed antonym
- domestication attribute
- domestication derivation
- broken in similar to
- cultivated similar to
- docile similar to
- domesticated similar to
- tamed similar to
Sense 7 verb
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
He tames lions for the circus
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- tamer derivation
- tamable derivation
- animal domain topic
- domesticate verb group
Sense 8 adjective
very docile
tame obedience
Related & opposite
- domestication derivation
- meekness derivation
- docile similar to
Sense 9 verb
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
The horse was domesticated a long time ago
Types & categories
- adapt hypernym
Related & opposite
- animal domain topic
- domesticize verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jejunity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unexciting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | quiet |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | wild |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | subdued |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalization |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalization |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | plant life |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | adapt |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | tractable |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | untamed |
| 6 | attribute | Related & opposite | domestication |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | domestication |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | broken in |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | cultivated |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | docile |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | domesticated |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | tamed |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | tamer |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | tamable |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | domesticate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | break in |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | domestication |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | meekness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | docile |
| 9 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | domesticize |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | adapt |