tame
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adjective, tam·er, tam·est.
verb (used with object), tamed, tam·ing.
verb (used without object), tamed, tam·ing.
to become tame.
Origin of tame
before 900; (adj.) Middle English; Old English tam; cognate with Dutch tam, German zahm, Old Norse tamr; (v.) Middle English tamen, derivative of the adj.; replacing Middle English temen to tame, Old English temian, derivative of tam; cognate with Old Norse temja, Gothic gatamjan; akin to Latin domāre to tame
Synonyms for tame
Antonyms for tame
1. wild.
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Related Words for tamest
subdued, gentle, harmless, mild, docile, manageable, boring, weak, bland, bloodless, feeble, subdue, suppress, restrain, soften, conquer, pacify, curb, temper, vanquishExamples from the Web for tamest
Historical Examples of tamest
One can only picture him carrying a picnic basket in the tamest of scenery.
Lin asserted from the wildest, he had become the tamest boy in Brownsville.
Watch Yourself Go ByAl. G. Field
Where nature preserved only the wildest, man has preserved the tamest.
Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?William Platt Ball
Solitary is the largest, rarest, tamest, and sweetest-voiced of the vireos.
Wild Life Near HomeDallas Lore Sharp
I do not know what it might have been in other days, but at present writing it is about the tamest place I know of.
Nasby in ExileDavid R. Locke
tame
adjective
verb (tr)
Word Origin for tame
Old English tam; related to Old Norse tamr, Old High German zam
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