tame

Adjective

• very docile
  • tame obedience
    
  • meek as a mouse- Langston Hughes
    

• brought from wildness into a domesticated state
  • tame animals
    
  • fields of tame blueberries
    

• very restrained or quiet
  • a tame Christmas party
    
  • she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed
    

• flat and uninspiring

Verb

• make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
  • The horse was domesticated a long time ago
    
  • The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog
    

• overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
  • He tames lions for the circus
    
  • reclaim falcons
    

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
  • domesticate oats
    
  • tame the soil
    

• make less strong or intense; soften
  • Tone down that aggressive letter
    
  • The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
    

• correct by punishment or discipline

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  meek , tamed , domesticate , domesticize , domesticise , reclaim , cultivate , naturalize , naturalise , tone down , moderate , chasten , subdue
• Antonyms: 
  wild , untamed