tamable

tame  (tm)

adj. tam·er, tam·est

1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.

2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" (Peter Matthiessen).

3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.

4. Insipid; flat: a tame Christmas party.

5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.

tr.v. tamed, tam·ing, tames

1. To make tractable; domesticate.

2. To subdue or curb.

3. To tone down; soften.

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[Middle English, from Old English tam; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

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tama·ble, tamea·ble adj.

tamely adv.

tameness n.

tamer n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tamable - capable of being tamed tameable manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler

Translations

tamable [ˈteɪməbl] ADJ → domable, domesticable