Antonyms for tamer
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : teym |
| Phonetic Transcription : teɪm |
Definition of tamer
Origin :- Old English tom, tam "domesticated, docile," from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (cf. Old Norse tamr, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tam, Old High German zam, German zahm "tame," Gothic tamjan "to tame"), from PIE *deme- "to constrain, to force, to break (horses)" (cf. Sanskrit damayati "tames;" Persian dam "a tame animal;" Greek daman "to tame, subdue," dmetos "tame;" Latin domare "to tame, subdue;" Old Irish damnaim "I tie up, fasten, I tame, subdue"). Possible ulterior connection with PIE *dem- "house, household" (see domestic). Meaning "spiritless, weak, dull" is recorded from c.1600.
- adj domesticated, compliant
- adj dull, uninteresting
- Now the town gathered to see the notorious "bad-man" and his tamer.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Thus, then, did they celebrate the funeral of Hector tamer of horses.
- Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer
- And the tamer he took into his palace, and he dwelt with him.
- Extract from : « Sagas from the Far East » by Various
- A tamer of horses was he, and a man mighty in the hunt and in battle.
- Extract from : « Children of the Dawn » by Elsie Finnimore Buckley
- The half-breeds, however, were tamer and slightly lighter in color.
- Extract from : « The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900 » by Various
- She needed taming, and Jesse's reputation as a tamer was established.
- Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
- It is Morok, the tamer of wild beasts, surnamed the Prophet.
- Extract from : « The Wandering Jew, Complete » by Eugene Sue
- May we hear, sir, how you changed from a tamer of wild tigers to a tamer of wild passions?
- Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda
- The tamer, already impatient at its delay, calls and scolds it.
- Extract from : « Acrobats and Mountebanks » by Hugues Le Roux
- We Europeans had to use the lady elephant, as being the tamer of the two.
- Extract from : « From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan » by Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
Synonyms for tamer
- acclimatized
- amenable
- biddable
- bland
- bloodless
- boiled down
- boring
- bridled
- broken
- busted
- civilized
- conventional
- cultivated
- diluted
- disciplined
- docile
- domestic
- fearless
- feeble
- flat
- gentle
- gentle as a lamb
- habituated
- halfhearted
- harmless
- harnessed
- housebroken
- humdrum
- insipid
- kindly
- lifeless
- limp
- manageable
- meek
- mild
- monotonous
- muzzled
- obedient
- overcome
- pliable
- pliant
- prosaic
- routine
- spiritless
- subdued
- submissive
- tedious
- tractable
- trained
- unafraid
- unexciting
- uninspiring
- unresisting
- vapid
- weak
- wearisome
- white-bread
- without punch
- yoked
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