tameable
/'teiməbl/ Cách viết khác : (tamable) /'teiməbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being tamed: Describes something, typically an animal or a natural force, that has the potential to be made gentle, obedient, or manageable through training or cultivation.
Usage
The adjective "tameable" describes the inherent potential of a subject to become tame. It is most commonly applied to wild animals but can also be used metaphorically for concepts like land, passions, or unruly situations. It is a formal or technical term.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The wolf cub was deemed tameable and was taken to the sanctuary for rehabilitation.
- Some botanists believe this wild plant is tameable and could be cultivated for agricultural use.
- His fiery temper was fierce, but his friends believed it was tameable with patience.
Advanced Usage
- "Proven tameable": Used to indicate that the capacity to be tamed has been demonstrated.
- The species was once thought wild, but it has been proven tameable.
Variants and Related Words
- Tamable: An alternative spelling of "tameable." Both are correct.
- The manual listed which exotic pets were considered tamable.
- Tame (verb): To make something tame.
- They worked to tame the wild horse.
- Tame (adjective): The state of being domesticated or gentle.
- The tame deer ate from her hand.
Synonyms
- Domesticable: Suitable for being made domestic.
- Trainable: Capable of being trained (often overlaps with "tameable" for animals).
- Malleable: Capable of being shaped or influenced (used more for ideas or people, but can be a metaphorical synonym).
Antonyms
- Untameable / Untamable: Incapable of being tamed.
- Wild: Living in a natural state, not domesticated.
- Feral: Having reverted to a wild state from domestication.
Adjective
- capable of being tamed