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What is another word for
tame
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Adjective
Domesticated and tamed, especially of, or as, a pet
Compliant to or willing to accept instructions
Not exciting, adventurous, or controversial
(
of climate or weather
)
Not aggressive or violent in nature
Failing to convince or impress
Inoffensive in nature
Harmless or producing no ill effect
Lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
The pleasantness of warm and sunny weather
Verb
To domesticate (an animal)
To subjugate or bring a person or group under control
To make less powerful or intense, thereby easier to control
To regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
To bring (a place or people) to a stage of social and cultural development considered to be more advanced
To make or become less
To destroy, weaken or work against
To make use of
To teach, train or educate in a given field
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▲
Adjective
▲
Domesticated and tamed, especially of, or as, a pet
domesticated
domestic
tamed
trained
housebroken
broken
disciplined
docile
gentle
pet
friendly
mild
broken-in
house-trained
not wild
used to humans
used to human contact
not fierce
household
house-broken
house
familial
biddable
indoor
broken in
farm
housetrained
kept
obedient
taught
home-loving
housewifely
homely
continent
stay-at-home
potty-trained
dry
clean
toilet trained
toilet-trained
“Children enjoy the farm setting and the
tame
farm animals.”
Adjective
▲
Compliant to or willing to accept instructions
compliant
obedient
submissive
biddable
acquiescent
tractable
manageable
amenable
docile
unassertive
unresisting
subdued
cooperative
willing
under someone's control
yielding
meek
deferential
accommodating
passive
pliant
governable
conformable
controllable
law-abiding
dutiful
malleable
obliging
agreeable
pliable
complaisant
persuadable
obsequious
servile
persuasible
humble
subservient
resigned
unprotesting
spiritless
spineless
timid
lamblike
mild
gentle
quiet
soft
easily handled
ductile
flexible
duteous
patient
adaptable
weak-kneed
accepting
manipulable
forbearing
sycophantic
milky
reverential
easy
uncomplaining
teachable
well-behaved
docious
bootlicking
ingratiating
obeisant
lowly
nonresistant
resistless
longanimous
nonresisting
responsive
conformist
open
susceptible
receptive
easygoing
mellow
usable
childlike
complacent
orderly
cool
unassuming
laid-back
non-resisting
consentient
assentient
accordant
easily manipulated
influenceable
easily influenced
able to be influenced
self-effacing
slavish
self-abasing
grovelling
UK
weak
supine
shy
cowed
unobtrusive
demure
under someone's thumb
domesticated
obeying
trainable
kowtowing
bowing down
subordinate
disciplinable
comformable
menial
abject
surrendering
amiable
giving-in
placable
under one's thumb
groveling
US
fawning
complying
handleable
wimpish
frightened
boneless
polite
sheepish
supplicatory
stoical
tolerant
long-suffering
wussy
timorous
unambitious
hesitant
tentative
apprehensive
fearful
mim
self-conscious
fatalistic
reconciled
philosophical
non-resistant
unresistant
tolerating
well-trained
respectful
enduring
adapted
well-disposed
calm
genial
phlegmatic
renouncing
cordial
satisfied
quiescent
stoic
peaceable
relinquishing
adjusted
accommodated
ready
good
observant
under control
like a lamb to the slaughter
disciplined
trusting
gullible
workable
well trained
well disciplined
impressionable
devoted
loyal
honoring
US
faithful
sheeplike
attentive
regardful
venerating
honouring
UK
hearsome
unquestioning
suggestible
game
easily swayed
wrapped around finger
at one's beck and call
in one's pocket
on a string
in one's power
in one's clutches
suasible
assenting
easy-going
peaceful
decent
courteous
susceptive
considerate
helpful
cringing
indulgent
friendly
civil
toadying
consenting
convincible
well behaved
proper
supple
easily persuaded
nonviolent
lenient
agreeing
unctuous
conciliatory
civilized
US
happy
flattering
willing to please
mannerly
reverent
oleaginous
smarmy
thoughtful
moldable
generous
go-with-the-flow
transformable
bendy
soapy
easily led
non-violent
well-mannered
oily
slimy
sucky
honourable
UK
honorable
US
righteous
restrained
cowering
civilised
UK
sniveling
US
subject
unwarlike
solid
virtuous
neighbourly
UK
snivelling
UK
mealy-mouthed
Uriah Heepish
neighborly
US
moral
ethical
eager
nonbelligerent
keen
good-natured
diplomatic
glad
enthusiastic
adjustable
assentive
forgiving
lawful
approving
peace-loving
seemly
kind
disposed
toadyish
dedicated
deferent
prostrate
unselfish
weak-minded
pusillanimous
eager to please
filial
kindly
brown-nosing
truckling
non-aggressive
like putty in one's hands
sympathetic
eager to help
supportive
downtrodden
cheerful
pleasant
brownnosing
ass-kissing
parasitic
favorable
US
favourable
UK
feeble-minded
adulatory
decorous
charitable
weak-willed
saponaceous
serene
affable
even-tempered
rolls with punches
putty in hands
good-tempered
tranquil
good-humored
US
good-humoured
UK
like putty in your hands
well mannered
acceptive
peacekeeping
mouldable
compromising
unformed
tameable
ungrudging
following
bendable
submitting
inexperienced
crawling
tamable
modest
willing to compromise
awed
controlled
plastic
giving
bending
versatile
spongy
putty
lithy
unpretentious
trained
untroublesome
convenient
amendable
acceding
credulous
conscientious
concurring
solicitous
conforming
ingratiatory
creeping
onside
retiring
arse-kissing
acquiescing
universal
protean
resilient
all-round
all-around
multiskilled
inferior
responsible
punctilious
encourageable
selfless
ruly
in accord
in agreement
putty in one's hands
down-to-earth
diffident
accessible
companionable
useful
forthcoming
suckholing
bowing
scraping
sycophant
with the patience of Job
ignoble
dancing
mean
sequacious
changeable
at peace
obligatory
binding
mindful
bowing and scraping
pabulum
Milquetoast
nothing
wishy-washy
zero
plain
indecisive
irresolute
glad to be of assistance
well brought up
well-brought-up
fulsome
at one's mercy
a slave to
pacific
incumbent on
benevolent
yellow-bellied
without guts
smooth
honest
placid
amicable
greasy
sycophantish
magnanimous
pacifist
glib
lifeless
correct
understanding
sweet
gracious
nice
infirm
doubtful
feeble
non-combative
non-belligerent
inoffensive
conflict-free
dovish
bighearted
breezy
altruistic
moderate
warmhearted
pacifistic
high-minded
worthy
principled
right-minded
hypocritical
plausible
slick
static
reflexive
bearing
flaccid
disinterested
sleepy
unreceptive
asleep
latent
stolid
flat
motionless
poker-faced
moony
idle
unflappable
softie
marshmallow
irenic
dovelike
anti-war
still
lily-livered
cowardly
gutless
chicken
vacillating
namby-pamby
well disposed
warm-hearted
good-hearted
kind-hearted
favourably disposed
beggarly
arse-licking
crouching
enslaved
stipendiary
sneaking
parasitical
compliable
clean-living
upstanding
upright
restful
undisturbed
balmy
gushy
hagiographical
smooth-talking
gushing
hagiographic
familial
hands off
ordered
pacificatory
hospitable
straight
just
respectable
going through motions
walking through it
bland
insinuating
smooth-tongued
cajoling
coaxing
suave
dominated
loving
above board
subjugated
bullied
browbeaten
accommodative
oppressed
sonly
sororal
family
fraternal
affectionate
daughterly
intimidated
repressed
inclined
handy
nagged
prepared
constrained
uxorious
pleased
henpecked
user friendly
on tap
on deck
ground down
treated like dirt
without a mind of one's own
in fear of one's partner
led by the nose
tied to someone's apron strings
under the thumb
subjected to nagging
wife-ridden
under someone's heel
befitting a son or daughter
content
willing to help
set
predisposed
prone
desirous
zealous
one
fain
minded
in favour
UK
so minded
so-minded
of a mind
in favor
US
in the mood
like-minded
nothing loath
in accord with
more ❯
“At this proposal, the normally
tame
staff members exploded with questions and objections.”
Adjective
▲
Not exciting, adventurous, or controversial
boring
dull
uninteresting
tedious
monotonous
flat
humdrum
dreary
wearisome
tiresome
pedestrian
drab
dry
insipid
stale
unexciting
slow
ponderous
bland
lifeless
leaden
heavy
stodgy
prosaic
tiring
jejune
wearying
uninspiring
colorless
US
vapid
stuffy
numbing
uninspired
jading
old
colourless
UK
arid
drudging
monochromatic
weary
dusty
stupid
spiritless
feeble
routine
weak
ordinary
limp
dead
bloodless
mediocre
conventional
inoffensive
unobjectionable
harmless
mainstream
safe
diluted
halfhearted
ho-hum
mind-numbing
run-of-the-mill
wishy-washy
white-bread
boiled down
without punch
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
unimaginative
commonplace
mundane
banal
characterless
uneventful
trite
tired
blah
unremarkable
sterile
anaemic
UK
anemic
US
lame
plain
nothing
plodding
common
vacuous
vanilla
ho hum
workaday
unvaried
apathetic
listless
nondescript
repetitious
nowhere
bromidic
everyday
hackneyed
pallid
barren
unstimulating
usual
unanimated
samey
draggy
watery
as dry as dust
zero
dim
half-hearted
unvarying
innocuous
inane
dull as dishwater
unenthusiastic
quotidian
lustreless
muted
featureless
wooden
zestless
prosy
indifferent
torpid
fatiguing
dry as dust
mild
unoriginal
platitudinous
undistinguished
neutral
derivative
milk-and-water
laborious
repetitive
antiseptic
weariful
stiff
soporific
pabulum
deadly
banausic
plain vanilla
dullsville
common or garden
tasteless
uninterested
flavourless
UK
passive
tepid
unexceptional
subdued
irksome
flavorless
US
middle-of-the-road
big yawn
passionless
pathetic
monochrome
poor
irresolute
ineffectual
ineffective
inadequate
matter-of-fact
dreich
lacking variety
lukewarm
enervating
exhausting
unmemorable
no great shakes
perfunctory
cool
nothing to write home about
average
laboured
UK
drivelling
UK
driveling
US
plebeian
normal
vacant
uniform
quiet
stilted
turgid
garden-variety
soulless
lackadaisical
hacky
unchanging
namby-pamby
unpalatable
bog-standard
soul-destroying
flat tire
mechanical
impassive
unrelieved
meager
US
ornery
labored
US
yawnsome
downcast
dull as ditchwater
monotone
depressing
meagre
UK
unentertaining
unenjoyable
lacking excitement
lacking interest
a dime a dozen
not up to much
puny
stereotyped
unexceptionable
pale
sleepy
anodyne
gentle
standard
threadbare
non-stimulating
well-worn
uncreative
sluggish
interminable
soft
unconvincing
pointless
unimpressive
mindless
stagnant
etiolated
cut-and-dry
cut-and-dried
standard-issue
undistinctive
unexcited
reluctant
pedantic
unromantic
enervated
so-so
unemotional
forced
gray
US
grey
UK
languid
one-horse
OK
corny
lusterless
square
toneless
unwilling
desolate
unmoved
half-pie
empty
unconcerned
dead-and-alive
customary
regular
simple
tenuous
unspirited
faint
depressed
sapless
fuddy-duddy
day-to-day
unseasoned
deadening
run of the mill
lacking variation
treadmill
deadly dull
dragging
prolix
low-key
dismal
usual thing
familiar
long-winded
unlively
unpassioned
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
moth-eaten
bomb
impotent
powerless
vigourless
indistinct
inferior
peaceful
unoffending
uneager
slack
straightforward
droning
emotionless
sombre
UK
somber
US
clumsy
unnatural
awkward
artificial
annoying
irritating
typical
serious
stolid
solemn
unprogressive
inactive
unproductive
unimpressed
unresponsive
weakly
fruitless
futile
worthless
backward
bleak
dowdy
overlong
businesslike
boresome
vexatious
garden variety
clinical
unfeeling
expressionless
mat
unexpressive
matte
dulled
waterish
nerdy
wimpy
unappealing
unsentimental
unvarnished
unembellished
unpoetic
nitty-gritty
literal
terrestrial
factual
clear
unadorned
truistic
backwoods
comatose
heavy-going
formal
paltry
blasé
uninflected
worn-out
mortal
poky
snooze
institutional
not so hot
staid
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
wintery
UK
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
deadpan
nebbish
beige
fatuous
slight
whitebread
blind
crude
simplistic
hack
endless
long-drawn-out
cardboard
without variety
verbose
overused
diddly
practical
lowly
actual
practicable
prose
yawn
clean
overworked
behind the times
reiterated
samely
monotonic
all the same
recurrent
sing-song
unchanged
flaccid
predictable
unartistic
uninventive
watered-down
thin
weighty
lead balloon
clichéd
heavy going
puts one to sleep
flat as pancake
unadventurous
derived
unappetizing
hard to digest
matter-of- fact
least
Milquetoast
unflavoured
savorless
unsavory
US
savourless
stock
out of date
outdated
old-fashioned
timorous
outmoded
archaic
obsolete
defunct
unsavoury
UK
unpleasurable
distasteful
unobtrusive
extinct
antiquated
unostentatious
antediluvian
timid
frail
unsubstantial
fragile
superannuated
unpretentious
hoary
passé
restrained
droopy
reserved
cliché-ridden
timeworn
without spice
big zero
flimsy
lily-livered
moderate
faint-hearted
meek
middling
forgettable
antwacky
out of the ark
played out
old hat
time-worn
worn out
cut and dried
submissive
melancholic
languorous
dejected
spineless
unimpassioned
languishing
melancholy
dispirited
despondent
mopy
desiccated
low
slothful
blue
down
cowardly
disconsolate
gutless
dopey
inanimate
indecisive
broken
downhearted
sad
drippy
understated
run-of-the-mine
passable
medium
run-of-mine
second-class
fair
second-rate
subtle
down in the mouth
down in the dumps
cast down
lacking in vitality
discreet
light
conservative
intermediate
basic
nothing special
no-frills
sober
desultory
cursory
superficial
inconspicuous
dispassionate
unnoticeable
repressed
unflashy
nothing to get excited about
fair to middling
middle of the road
Laodicean
toned-down
low-keyed
tolerable
set
habitual
accustomed
stereotypical
adequate
general
fair-to-middling
cornball
shopworn
traditional
musty
frequent
wonted
decent
ubiquitous
popular
established
fairish
prevailing
hokey
cliché
familiar tune
warmed-over
ready-made
modest
natural
prevalent
worn
bathetic
amateur
amateurish
okay
unnoteworthy
overdone
household
insignificant
cliched
drained
used-up
chain
exhausted
mildewed
all right
not much cop
orthodox
acceptable
dime-store
accepted
satisfactory
not bad
respectable
obligatory
hackney
cliche
homespun
formulaic
stereotypic
platitudinal
garden
characteristic
mean
generic
archetypical
cobwebby
widespread
ten a penny
serviceable
good
sufficient
homely
fixed
archetypal
representative
expected
recognized
US
classic
good enough
universal
staple
par for the course
recognised
UK
presentable
not very good
public
daily
settled
well worn
fairly good
matter-of-course
reasonable
dime-a-dozen
current
fine
bog standard
goodish
going
classical
regulation
bush-league
typic
pretty good
standardized
US
standardised
UK
proverbial
domestic
majority
O.K.
overall
sufficiently good
moderately good
plastic
true
pervasive
humble
time-honoured
acknowledged
chronic
inconsequential
allowable
admissible
unspectacular
nothing out of the ordinary
meh
out-of-date
family
anonymous
old-hat
tripe
not too bad
warmed-up
imitative
boilerplate
tidy
casual
informal
unimportant
ruling
indistinctive
trivial
immaterial
jake
received
comfortable
suburban
two a penny
competent
rife
of no consequence
rampant
endemic
shared
prescriptive
commensurate
proper
midway
up to standard
midsized
native
median
up to scratch
sufficing
time-honored
midsize
middle
off-the-shelf
past their sell-by date
inconsiderable
prescribed
menial
diurnal
enough
in-between
workday
constant
of poor quality
unaspiring
unambitious
silly
extensive
fair enough
unfateful
noneventful
inconclusive
dumb
cornfed
facile
noplace
heavy-handed
vieux jeu
blending into the background
periodic
formalistic
minimal
canonical
readily available
widely available
plain-Jane
unextraordinary
scheduled
no big deal
phoned in
superabundant
familial
one-size-fits-all
mimetic
plenty
nothing to shout about
able
cromulent
seasonal
methodical
numerous
in use
ongoing
cheap and commonplace
collective
blank
considerable
repeated
known
grind
limited
mimic
admitted
domiciliary
pervading
predominant
generous
abundant
significant
appreciable
marked
noticeable
goodly
sizable
worthwhile
substantial
sizeable
biggish
useless
inert
static
faceless
noncommittal
prototypical
well established
vulgar
acquired
honoured
UK
widely held
honored
US
livable
unimpeachable
of little importance
irrelevant
of no importance
whatever
of little consequence
meaningless
not worth mentioning
piddling
of no great concern
of no account
well-known
acquainted
apish
prototypal
model
ideal
presentational
quintessential
signature
broad
effete
mawkish
fetid
US
past
bent
foetid
UK
yesterday's
out
unsophisticated
homey
home
obvious
starch
confirmed
common variety
well known
recognisable
UK
recurring
recognizable
US
slavish
random
neither one thing nor the other
non-specific
across the board
par
halfway
medial
central
midmost
intermediary
medium-sized
mediate
mid
middle-sized
boiler plate
gone off
played-out
old-chestnut
old-saw
epigonous
epigonic
ample
better than nothing
like a dinosaur
favourite
UK
favorite
US
canned
outclassed
déclassé
to be expected
only to be expected
foreseeable
in character
indicative
inherent
steady
symptomatic
emblematic
consistent
distinguishing
… all over
true to type
true to form
in keeping
distinctive
anticipated
likely
individualistic
unsurprising
idiosyncratic
foreseen
on the cards
reliable
automatic
methodic
rigid
emulative
systematic
imperfect
sorry
poorer
low-grade
low-quality
shabby
worse
lousy
bad
substandard
junk
wretched
lemon
tawdry
low-rent
good-for-nothing
base
two-bit
traditionary
off-the-rack
bought
mass-produced
store-bought
store
off-the-peg
ritual
proven
suitable
appropriate
agreeable
ceremonial
ritualistic
solid
alright
fit
palatable
sound
tried and true
doctrinal
taken for granted
conformist
sanctioned
widely used
rooted
tried and tested
immemorial
valid
fitting
convenient
correct
up to the mark
assuaging
swell
up to snuff
kosher
snug
quite good
in order
up to par
assuasive
appeasing
pleasant
completely understandable
A-OK
totally fine
most common
more ❯
“The rangers anticipated trouble, but the raid turned out to be a rather
tame
affair.”
Adjective
▲
(
of climate or weather
)
Not aggressive or violent in nature
soft
light
gentle
mild
caressing
pleasing
moderate
restful
calm
genial
temperate
balmy
delicate
zephyr-like
bland
cool
equable
benign
agreeable
clement
pacific
peaceful
pleasant
quiet
serene
soothing
tranquil
mellow
placid
faint
subdued
meek
tender
peaceable
easy
compassionate
unassuming
affable
docile
modest
sympathetic
sensitive
good-natured
soft-hearted
tender-hearted
complaisant
deferential
mild-mannered
amiable
kind
warm
forgiving
easy-going
conciliatory
warm-hearted
indulgent
merciful
chilled
easy-oasy
forbearing
subservient
spiritless
good-humored
US
easygoing
obliging
good-tempered
submissive
vapid
obeisant
flat
patient
good-humoured
UK
jejune
smooth
forbearant
dull
slight
stifled
muted
graceful
indistinct
dainty
weak
muffled
hushed
wimpy
diminished
caring
benevolent
softhearted
warmhearted
lamblike
demure
reverent
retiring
angelic
gracious
harmless
unoffensive
non-confrontational
lenient
humble
shy
untroubled
fine
slow
feeble
fair
nonabrasive
softened
halcyon
considerate
clear
deliberate
lovable
laid back
friendly
kindly
humane
understanding
respectful
kind-hearted
amicable
likeable
UK
likable
US
sociable
decent
loving
sweet-tempered
dove-like
congenial
cheerful
tenderhearted
moral
large-hearted
kindhearted
goodhearted
dovelike
motherly
fatherly
maternal
brotherly
soft-spoken
sisterly
paternal
unpretentious
long-suffering
lowly
resigned
yielding
timid
down-to-earth
self-effacing
diffident
compliant
acquiescent
unobtrusive
unambitious
wishy-washy
nothing
orderly
pabulum
Milquetoast
tolerant
manageable
zero
plain
cowed
longanimous
fearful
passive
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Failing to convince or impress
feeble
unconvincing
poor
thin
weak
flimsy
implausible
inadequate
ineffective
ineffectual
paltry
unsuccessful
inept
pathetic
shallow
unsatisfactory
flat
fruitless
futile
lame
profitless
useless
suspect
phony
US
trifling
unsound
transparent
phoney
UK
incredible
half-baked
unpersuasive
tenuous
unbelievable
inconceivable
insufficient
unimpressive
questionable
unsubstantial
improbable
illogical
unlikely
unreasonable
superficial
slight
groundless
false
fallacious
vain
trivial
untenable
insubstantial
inconsequential
dubious
hollow
sketchy
doubtful
faulty
frivolous
controvertible
specious
fantastic
baseless
far-fetched
fishy
inane
wishful
ungrounded
frail
assailable
weakly
contemptible
airy
full of holes
hard to believe
hard to swallow
insignificant
erroneous
unsupported
unbacked
lacking substance
ill-founded
light
fragile
puny
unrealistic
fanciful
fantastical
incredulous
uncompelling
puerile
unthinkable
unimaginable
strained
unconceivable
faltering
inefficient
unpleasing
unsuitable
flabby
preposterous
remote
ponderous
forced
laboured
UK
labored
US
strange
vague
flawed
irrational
nonsensical
inconclusive
unsubstantiated
absurd
contradictory
nebulous
ludicrous
farfetched
threadbare
difficult to believe
cock-and-bull
not convincing
beyond belief
scarcely credible
hard to take
full of it
vapid
spurious
incongruous
unsustainable
invalid
unsupportable
shaky
irreconcilable
puzzling
obscure
senseless
impossible
indefensible
meager
US
meagre
UK
nonrational
reachy
unfounded
unreasoned
inconsequent
illegitimate
unreasoning
fatuous
nutty
wacky
problematic
weak-kneed
off the wall
won't hold water
won't wash
self-contradictory
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Inoffensive in nature
neutral
inoffensive
unobjectionable
harmless
safe
non-controversial
non-provocative
peaceable
innocuous
mild
agreeable
acceptable
innocent
pleasant
uncontroversial
unprovocative
wholesome
admissible
innoxious
kosher
pleasing
respectable
risk-free
riskless
tolerable
unoffending
retiring
quiet
humble
unobtrusive
nonprovocative
non-aggressive
non-combative
peaceful
anodyne
white
benign
non-violent
unexceptionable
hurtless
friendly
bland
gentle
clean
unremarkable
calm
dull
nontoxic
non-poisonous
non-toxic
non-irritant
insipid
run-of-the-mill
commonplace
nonviolent
uninjurious
clear
nonpoisonous
unpolluted
pure
low-risk
non-dangerous
non-addictive
disarmed
sound
simple
manageable
undisruptive
reliable
meaningless
soft
sure
kind
paper-tiger
undamaging
unoffensive
painless
inoperative
softie
guiltless
unharmful
pussycat
unhazardous
sanitary
nonirritating
powerless
controllable
trustworthy
naive
not dangerous
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Harmless or producing no ill effect
innocent
harmless
innocuous
inoffensive
safe
unobjectionable
unoffending
unoffensive
benign
inobnoxious
offenseless
unhurtful
uninjurious
unmalicious
anodyne
hurtless
innoxious
playful
white
unintended
unintentional
well-intentioned
non-injurious
well-meant
mild
gentle
unexceptionable
clear
nonviolent
peaceable
retiring
quiet
wholesome
humble
unobtrusive
neutral
nonprovocative
nonpoisonous
pure
unpolluted
nontoxic
non-aggressive
non-combative
peaceful
non-violent
non-poisonous
non-irritant
non-toxic
low-risk
friendly
bland
pleasant
clean
unremarkable
calm
dull
risk-free
non-dangerous
kind
undamaging
painless
nonhazardous
non-lethal
nonmalignant
eatable
edible
sapless
uncontroversial
weak
flat
jejune
banal
non-malignant
non-addictive
disarmed
sound
simple
manageable
undisruptive
reliable
meaningless
soft
sure
paper-tiger
inoperative
softie
guiltless
unharmful
pussycat
unhazardous
sanitary
nonirritating
powerless
controllable
trustworthy
naive
not dangerous
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
weak
irresolute
indecisive
spineless
unassertive
cowardly
fickle
gutless
impotent
ineffectual
meek
passive
timid
weak-willed
craven
dithering
faltering
ineffective
inept
soft
spiritless
useless
wishy-washy
effete
fallible
indeterminate
invertebrate
nerveless
pathetic
powerless
pusillanimous
timorous
undetermined
vacillating
wavering
weakling
characterless
chicken-hearted
corruptible
faint-hearted
hemming and hawing
lily-livered
limp-wristed
milk-and-water
namby-pamby
supine
undependable
unreliable
unsure
waffling
weak-kneed
wet
yellow
yellow-bellied
yielding
chicken
easily led
recreant
shrinking
pigeon-hearted
base
quaking
sissy
trembling
wimpish
cowering
poltroon
chicken-livered
milk-livered
fearful
dastardly
chickenhearted
unheroic
poor-spirited
tremulous
nervous
afraid
wimpy
feeble
scared
frightened
candy-assed
submissive
fainthearted
sissified
apprehensive
hesitant
boneless
unmanly
jittery
pigeonhearted
abject
easily frightened
lacking courage
daunted
frail
jumpy
diffident
weakened
cowed
white-livered
mousy
mousey
caitiff
anxious
panicky
intimidated
dismayed
wussy
nervy
persuasible
impressionable
persuadable
compliant
weak-minded
tentative
retiring
shy
spooked
milksoppish
feeble-minded
reluctant
coward
sheepish
mean-spirited
feart
half-hearted
easily scared
niddering
poltroonish
coy
funky
low
deceitful
offensive
unprincipled
treacherous
unethical
sneaking
tricky
cringey
skittish
afraid of one's own shadow
sookie
capricious
gentle
browbeaten
bullied
unassured
Milquetoast
shaky
unnerved
ignoble
cowhearted
backward
worthless
changeable
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
cringing
infirm
doubtful
having cold feet
without guts
running scared
paper tiger
no guts
having the willies
biddable
quivering
twitchy
stressy
windy
antsy
overstrung
unquiet
keyed up
spooky
squeamish
forceless
pithless
having kittens
a bundle of nerves
in a cold sweat
like a cat on a hot tin roof
like a cat on hot bricks
frightened of one's own shadow
without a will of your own
afraid of one's shadow
more ❯
Adjective
▲
The pleasantness of warm and sunny weather
good
balmy
agreeable
bright
clement
placid
tranquil
paradisiacal
pleasing
relaxing
serene
sunny
sunshiny
temperate
warm
calm
cloudless
halcyon
hot
relaxed
restful
steady
still
summerish
summerlike
summery
unclouded
undisturbed
untroubled
windless
aestival
comforting
dry
estival
quiet
sedative
soft
soothing
stable
smooth
without a cloud in the sky
peaceful
idyllic
stilly
reposeful
pleasant
lown
arcadian
hushed
mild
pastoral
somnolent
pacific
stormless
storm-free
breezeless
clear
breathless
pacifical
gentle
unruffled
bucolic
at peace
heavenly
harmonious
prelapsarian
more ❯
Verb
▲
To domesticate (an animal)
train
domesticate
housebreak
break
cultivate
domiciliate
domesticize
house-train
break in
make tame
master
housetrain
control
bridle
gentle
subdue
subjugate
yoke
hitch
corral
bust
familiarise
UK
herd
accustom
familiarize
US
teach
reclaim
breed
bring up
round up
bring to heel
bring under control
“The riders thought that they would be able to
tame
this horse even though he was big and powerful.”
Verb
▲
To subjugate or bring a person or group under control
conquer
defeat
overpower
vanquish
master
subdue
subjugate
crush
dominate
overwhelm
humble
subordinate
enslave
gain control of
gain mastery over
gain ascendancy over
bring under the yoke
bring to heel
hold sway over
keep under thumb
break the spirit
overcome
lick
suppress
quell
quash
beat
best
hegemonize
repress
clobber
surmount
subject
dispatch
break
hammer
pacify
stop
worst
rule
reduce
overmatch
get
upend
skunk
overbear
triumph over
put down
bear down
beat down
get the better of
prevail over
win against
walk all over
bring someone to their knees
get around
wipe the floor with
do down
control
curb
check
bridle
restrain
govern
regulate
manage
colonize
US
tyrannize
US
oppress
overthrow
direct
command
get over
coerce
underyoke
force
triumph
compel
enthrall
US
enthral
UK
colonise
UK
tyrannise
UK
rule over
get a grip on
hold sway
kick around
reel back in
bring to knees
trounce
thrash
take
demolish
trim
overrun
extinguish
trample
drop
chasten
make mincemeat of
get the upper hand over
gain the upper hand over
get the upper hand
shut down
abuse
maltreat
persecute
wrong
ill-treat
scourge
exploit
keep down
treat harshly
annoy
torment
saddle
outrage
encumber
plague
press
despotize
strain
worry
handicap
vex
tax
beset
tyrranize
overload
be cruel to
distress
hold down
harry
smother
grind down
harass
ride
hound
aggrieve
be brutal to
torture
trample underfoot
tyrannize over
trample on
put upon
ride roughshod over
pick on
put screws to
weigh heavy upon
rule with a rod of iron
put the squeeze on
rule with an iron hand
more ❯
“One aim was to further control and
tame
the peoples of the nation for the good of the collective ideology.”
Verb
▲
To make less powerful or intense, thereby easier to control
control
curb
restrain
check
bridle
contain
constrain
regulate
inhibit
govern
subdue
repress
hold
suppress
measure
rule
keep
moderate
conquer
calm
overcome
mitigate
temper
lick
discipline
soften
pacify
mellow
mollify
tranquillize
UK
tranquilize
US
gentle
humble
mute
cow
bust
reclaim
rein in
pull in
tone down
get the better of
water down
get a grip on
stifle
restrict
limit
keep in check
master
quell
hold back
hold in
keep under control
keep a tight rein on
cool
hinder
smother
bottle up
still
confine
hamper
trammel
beat
retard
rein
keep a lid on
keep the lid on
withhold
hold down
soothe
quiet
arrest
impede
frustrate
modulate
curtail
cork
bring under control
gain mastery over
bite back
choke back
compose
keep back
keep lid on
defeat
vanquish
best
solve
quash
stop
lull
allay
thwart
prevail over
freeze
muzzle
intern
direct
bar
relax
squelch
guide
prevent
put the brakes on
simmer down
keep in line
imprison
straiten
stem
muffle
delimit
stay
gag
deter
relieve
hold in check
gaol
UK
jail
US
triumph over
rein back
shut in
hem in
hog-tie
soft-pedal
keep within bounds
lock up
fight back
put a brake on
keep down
put half nelson on
cool off
stem the flow of
slow down
manage
ease
keep control of
subjugate
cork up
keep on a string
gain control over
get over
bring into line
find an answer to
lay down the law to someone
find a solution to
get under control
get control of
deal with
strangle
settle
re-collect
peg
adjust
monitor
cap
entrammel
fetter
collect
halt
rally
inspect
corner
recover
put a limit on
box in
cool down
bring to screeching halt
button up
cut back
keep tight rein on
tie up
damp down
delay
obstruct
set limits on
impose limits on
chain
stall
foil
hamstring
baulk
UK
hold up
neutralize
US
pause
constrict
incarcerate
cramp
cut short
block
catch
reduce
terminate
swallow
interrupt
staunch
bottleneck
counteract
repulse
discourage
choke
put a spoke in someone's wheel
interfere with
circumvent
slacken pace
brake
bring to a standstill
pull up
draw up
play for time
rebuff
stand in the way of
nip in the bud
neutralise
UK
checkmate
fetch up
ban
bind
lock in
deny
concuss
coop up
fence in
deprive
shotgun
disallow
close in
necessitate
immure
balk
US
decide
determine
placate
appease
sway
palliate
mince
deaden
damp
break
form
influence
condition
dictate
assuage
conciliate
propitiate
temperate
handicap
dampen
affect
shape
mould
UK
leash
bit
harness
modify
alter
touch
underlie
debar
silence
content
predispose
directionalize
mold
US
act on
incline
work on
dispose
shepherd
detain
impound
circumscribe
kill
hogtie
impact on
exert influence on
keep in
be a factor in
have an effect on
play down
cool out
meet halfway
sit on
box up
put away
pin down
pull back
tie down
have on a tight leash
crack down
calm down
quieten
crush
disarm
ameliorate
surmount
have an impact on
chasten
dispatch
put down
stroke
grease
dulcify
con
qualify
sweeten
square
pacificate
clobber
dominate
make peace with
squash
smooth over
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
fix up
butter up
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
take the edge off
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
lay back
clear the air with
make peace
put the lid on
win against
crack down on
stamp out
put the kibosh on
gain control of
stymie
encumber
slow
shackle
hobble
clog
handcuff
manacle
embarrass
short-circuit
discontinue
forestall
cumber
prohibit
cease
cut off
put a stop to
suspend
hang up
oppose
interdict
resist
quit
stave off
intercept
end
put an end to
bring up
head off
baffle
avert
avoid
dam
ward off
bork
tie
stonewall
shut out
cripple
break off
shut off
get in the way of
shut down
get in the way
preclude
throw a spanner in the works of
forbid
set back
derail
fend off
disrupt
lessen
drop
hold off
postpone
sink
submerge
decrease
pocket
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
desist
put off
obviate
forfend
rule out
diminish
finish
lay off
interfere
leave off
bring to an end
quench
conceal
forgo
can
eschew
forbear
crimp
refuse
fix
slow up
bog down
let up
decelerate
outlaw
desist from
jam
defer
shelve
close
cancel
give up
divert
slacken
counter
evade
overpower
abstain
close off
put back
entangle
ward
renounce
knock off
pack in
turn aside
kick
keep at bay
proscribe
stanch
steer clear of
cramp one's style
put a lid on
abandon
disturb
occlude
inconvenience
exclude
dodge
withstand
gulp back
congest
stuff
scupper
extinguish
enjoin
retardate
stop up
hide
nullify
quelch
stunt
intermit
escape
pick off
shun
shush
clog up
sidestep
choke off
bung up
plug up
abjure
skirt
weigh down
put an stop to
reject
break up
throw cold water on
refrain from
cut out
come to a standstill
give over
pull the plug on
put on ice
call a halt to
pack up
do without
pour cold water on
keep off
defend against
keep from
abstain from
forbear from
scrub
sabotage
dissuade
plug
adjourn
capture
set
entrap
barricade
impair
sandbag
conclude
abort
fence
deflect
crab
obscure
duck
mire
hesitate
falter
ostracize
US
blockade
block up
incommode
screen
cover up
loiter
jam up
shorten
abbreviate
abridge
discommode
censor
disadvise
scare
immobilize
US
cut
remit
keep secret
faze
make illegal
immobilise
UK
fill up
fill
close out
bottle
belay
bung
lullaby
refrain
suffocate
burden
becalm
salve
embargo
hush
disadvantage
pass
save
die
ostracise
UK
taboo
clot
waive
be a hindrance to
forswear
dissolve
pre-empt
help
bypass
repel
prorogue
turn off
stopper
mothball
shake
chill
estop
procrastinate
defend
talk out of
stand still
contravene
place a limit on
lay aside
take down
back off
drown
forsake
hold off on
lose speed
cut down
oppress
call it quits
call a halt
put a damper on
gum up
mark off
stop oneself
put on hold
put on back burner
put on the shelf
protract
come to a stop
leave alone
hold over
comfort
balm
saddle with
drag one's feet
come to a halt
bite one's lip
withhold from
push back
prevent oneself from
swear off
restrain oneself from
steer clear
prevent yourself from
count out
not give in to
stop oneself from
make late
fight off
give a hard time
put in cold storage
ease up
anticipate
straitjacket
tie someone down
ruin
hang on
hold the fort
resist attack
fight
sidetrack
brace
net
enmesh
ensnare
choke something back
cushion
snag
hold something in
demarcate
destroy
act against
cross
gulp
scotch
tether
bound
left out
keep feeling inside oneself
enclose
trap
bring to naught
collar
discountenance
circumnavigate
veto
debilitate
overload
boycott
blacklist
dissuade from
discomfit
rattle
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
warn
indispose
frighten
deprecate
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
disconcert
spoil
prolong
park
prevent from making progress
inc
charge
bother
tie one's hands
stave
retain
specify
demark
prescribe
elude
put on brakes
keep a rein on
slam on the brakes
disqualify
keep from happening
define
delimitate
girdle
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
lock
gridlock
internalize
US
internalise
UK
sideline
criminalize
US
louse up
set a limit on
say goodbye to
cut into
break into
foul up
screw up
seal
caulk
lag
abate
get bogged down
put the brakes on
take out of play
snuff
make difficult
put at a disadvantage
bring an end to
drag feet
hold captive
clip someone's wings
put out
hush up
heap
shower
shroud
blackball
except
eliminate
throw a spanner in the works
throw a spoke in the wheel of
block out
close up
keep inside
black out
put a ceiling on
reef
embog
arrive
buck
nix
spike
put straitjacket on
throw monkey wrench in
put out of commission
cramp someone's style
place at a disadvantage
give disadvantage
take out
dawdle
down
loaf
bog
flag
poke
resolve
reconcile
solace
make up
console
tune down
keep hold of
tamper
throttle
keep under wraps
sever
keep within limits
choke up
pack
confuse
obturate
complicate
hold the line
declare taboo
criminalise
UK
trouble
conflict
override
exile
draw the line on
check oneself
turn down
make it impossible for
make impossible
make it impracticable for
block off
give the thumbs down to
declare illegal
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
refuse to pay
dam up
gibbet
gunge up
wring
shut out of
noose
squeeze
freeze out
silt up
back-water
keep waiting
lose steam
wind down
anchor it
tongue-tie
ice
pigeonhole
dispense with
let
make impracticable
miss
stay away from
make up for
deny yourself
shake off
break the habit of
skip out on
get around
shrink from
shirk
stay away
get out of
restrain from
counterbalance
skip
shy from
negate
reschedule
table
hit the brakes
let down flaps
get there
draw to a halt
haul up
reach a standstill
bulwark
guard
disband
prorogate
recess
monkey with
stand
call off
axe
UK
erode
elide
undermine
dock
truncate
syncopate
fight shy of
resist the temptation to
take the pledge
give a wide berth to
go on the wagon
avoid doing
sit out
be temperate
pass up
not touch
have nothing to do with
not do
take the cure
jack in
bring to a close
bring to a halt
put aside
parry
alleviate
dummy up
dry up
shut up
clamp down on
get back at
reply
beat off
defend yourself
retaliate
put up a fight
riposte
rescind
scrap
call
bring
repeal
revoke
recall
clip
take a breather from
put on a back burner
lay on the table
take a rain check on
inactivate
put on the back burner
hang fire
omit
put in abeyance
file
pink-slip
keep in abeyance
lay over
hold in abeyance
cover
fend
enfetter
enchain
gyve
pinion
cheat
damage
weaken
compromise
chain up
clap
secure
cuff
stop dead
break short
leave unfinished
stop cold
stop short
stop in full flow
reassure
fall
scratch
cry off
ax
US
stand off
peter out
not move
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
shield against
seize
rock to sleep
take the sting out
take it easy
chill out
settle down
quiet down
ease off
take the edge
stand up for
guard against
skirt round
defend oneself against
act like a wet blanket
keep at arm's length
take
put in irons
clap in irons
expropriate
grab
snatch
commandeer
stop midstream
mark down
retrench
lower
economize
US
economise
UK
contract
slash
infringe
encroach on
tie someone's hands
attack
ambush
challenge
knock it off
put in chains
appropriate
interlope
confront
shortstop
accost
interpose
hijack
tackle
waylay
buttonhole
pounce on
take on
swoop down on
cut in
take away
forego
make off with
quit cold
cease to indulge in
go without
lay off of
kick the habit
kick over
head off at pass
elapse
lapse
expire
go
waver
dither
stagger
vacillate
wabble
teeter
balance
wobble
scruple
limp
stumble
whiffle
wind up
dead-end
wink out
come to an end
bring to a stop
be over
call it a day
close down
be suspended
put a sock in
draw to a close
be abandoned
come to a close
blow the whistle on
hold at bay
put a cork in
stem the flow
bring to standstill
be broken off
shilly-shally
wiggle-waggle
draw to a stand
hang back
come to rest
more ❯
“At 48, he is learning to
tame
his creative spirit and take on just a couple of projects at a time.”
Verb
▲
To regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
pace
regulate
control
limit
manage
constrain
contain
monitor
administer
curb
measure
adjust
methodize
overlook
temper
adapt
guide
organise
UK
organize
US
systematise
UK
systematize
US
allocate
direct
reconcile
restrain
administrate
legislate
police
bridle
set
coordinate
inhibit
standardise
UK
standardize
US
govern
modulate
supervise
balance
hold
superintend
moderate
oversee
restrict
steward
preside over
pull in
rein in
keep an eye on
keep tabs on
Verb
▲
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
chasten
humble
humiliate
subdue
cow
curb
squash
abase
cheapen
debase
deflate
degrade
demean
discipline
discredit
disgrace
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
flatten
foul
lower
mortify
restrain
shame
sink
smirch
soften
afflict
check
repress
bring down
bring low
take down
put down
cut down to size
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
devalue
embarrass
belittle
crush
abash
bemean
denigrate
cast down
own
take down a peg
corrupt
tarnish
shoot down
debauch
smear
show up
disparage
prostitute
make someone eat crow
quash
pervert
vitiate
subvert
taint
deteriorate
deprave
chagrin
warp
bastardize
US
poison
discomfit
lessen
profane
reduce
downgrade
canker
diminish
snub
blot
bastardise
UK
reproach
tear down
make a fool of
drag through the mud
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
defame
sully
blemish
slander
stigmatize
US
stoop
demote
demoralize
US
descend
blacken
derogate
besmear
drag down
demoralise
UK
defile
cause to lose face
censure
stigmatise
UK
lower the status of
run down
reflect badly on
bring into disrepute
make ashamed
bring shame to
settle someone's hash
give a black eye
take the wind out of someone's sails
harm
stain
damage
break
subjugate
besmirch
undermine
disconcert
expose
slur
injure
slam
pan
destroy
mudsling
attaint
libel
disfavor
US
pull down
ridicule
disfavour
UK
reduce the status of
drag through the mire
bring shame upon
give a bad name
put in a bad light
get the better of
have the last laugh on
show in a bad light
bring shame on
blame
deign
condescend
floor
depress
crawl
demolish
brand
scandalize
US
disconsider
disoblige
cast a slur
spot
mar
control
disregard
deride
desecrate
disrespect
scandalise
UK
mock
brutalize
US
spoil
weaken
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
let down
take apart
dump on
depreciate
dehumanise
UK
decry
desensitise
UK
detract
brutalise
UK
silence
overcome
upset
squelch
betray
give a bad name to
tar and feather
lose face
minimize
US
undervalue
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
put away
strike dumb
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
minimise
UK
take to bits
take to pieces
make lose face
cut down
pop one's balloon
make eat dirt
put one away
dispirit
succumb
sell out
bring down a peg
make one feel small
cut to the quick
deny
suppress
be untrue to oneself
beat down
abandon one's principles
force to eat humble pie
discourage
dismay
dishearten
punish
lower oneself
demean yourself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
debunk
dash
blister
wither
rip
discountenance
knock down
puncture balloon
confound
confuse
vanquish
downplay
let down easy
get under control
knock the stuffing out of
kick in the teeth
let wind out of sails
take the wind out of somebody's sails
play down
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
cripple
debilitate
devaluate
vilify
malign
calumniate
soil
insult
compromise
disesteem
cast aspersions on
do a hatchet job on
ruin the reputation of
pooh-pooh
destroy someone's credibility
detract from
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
blacken someone's name
pollute
befoul
bestialize
asperse
abuse
contaminate
knock
rubbish
bad-mouth
slag off
traduce
ruin
bring discredit to
blotch
speak ill of
attack
trash
infect
breathe on
discount
impair
deprecate
assail
rip up and down
do a number on
sling mud at
muckrake
animalize
dismiss
revile
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
lead astray
trivialize
US
distort
violate
deface
scorn
minify
diss
dis
vilipend
adulterate
trivialise
UK
blight
trash-talk
poor-mouth
roast
dirty
cry down
write off
hurt
blacken the name of
dilute
make degenerate
embitter
prejudice
underrate
waste
discolor
US
despoil
criticize
US
discolour
UK
marginalize
US
outrage
blaspheme
slate
scorch
tar
criticise
UK
marginalise
UK
impugn
bring dishonour to
pour scorn on
sneer at
mark down
pull apart
influence
mess up
kiss off
talk down
have a go at
treat with disrespect
misuse
disfigure
decrease
underestimate
bust
condemn
attenuate
understate
manipulate
treat lightly
annoy
disrate
dispraise
bash
affront
ravage
laugh off
laugh at
slight
misprize
vandalize
US
scoff at
do down
maculate
hold cheap
hit out at
pick holes in
treat sacrilegiously
flame
vandalise
UK
commit sacrilege
muck up
make light of
reflect negatively
curse
vituperate
speak badly of
pull to pieces
cast in a bad light
damage the reputation of
harm the reputation of
muddy the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
seduce
twist
flaw
unsettle
mongrelize
misemploy
bend
skew
misapply
colour
UK
bias
alloy
wreck
endamage
squander
sell
sacrifice
turn
badmouth
subordinate
jaundice
worsen
reduce in value
bloody
crab
speckle
devalorize
sour
lower in rank
rot
disdain
color
US
lower in status
reduce in quality
blackguard
harden
blast
touch
go bad
inflict
consume
rust
criticize unfairly
go to hell
relegate
live in the gutter
rap
sneer
deform
undercut
sabotage
destabilize
US
cross up
toughen
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
corrode
envenom
spread lies about
declass
blacken the character of
bad mouth
give black eye
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
rip up
put hooks in
tear into
cut
offend
ulcer
sore
scourge
bump
set back
revert
provoke
case-harden
inure
set a bad example
destabilise
UK
nose dive
aggravate
drop
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
wound
defeat
coarsen
waste away
axe
UK
slash
taunt
overwhelm
smash
enfeeble
overpower
ax
US
dip
slow
make callous
make unfeeling
slap
alter
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
commit sin
disappoint
tease
incapacitate
sap
devastate
depredate
sack
pillage
devour
desolate
spoliate
keep down
put double whammy on
lace
falsify
automate
robotize
mechanize
US
mechanise
UK
imbrute
automatize
barbarize
impoverish
extinguish
blaspheme against
write down
faze
fluster
rattle
displease
nonplus
vex
irritate
begrime
grime
muddy
doctor
putrefy
cook
horrify
appal
UK
rout
enervate
sledge
smudge
miscall
scuzz up
slang
gird
jeer
scoff
appall
US
put someone to shame
lay waste to
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
commit sacrilege against
worry
make foul
be rude to
give offence to
call names
step on one's toes
cause offence to
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
call someone names
interfere with
splash
get dirty
spatter
bring to ruin
cause instability
tinker with
fiddle with
make impure
tamper with
muck
gaum
mire
splatter
distain
bemire
daub
poor mouth
pooh pooh
sour grapes
bring someone to their knees
make filthy
make dirty
get filthy
crumb
bedraggle
mess
muss
make mucky
muss up
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring (a place or people) to a stage of social and cultural development considered to be more advanced
civilise
UK
civilize
US
cultivate
educate
enlighten
humanise
UK
humanize
US
improve
polish
refine
sophisticate
acculturate
better
edify
instruct
reclaim
socialise
UK
socialize
US
acquaint
advance
develop
elevate
ennoble
enrich
ethicize
foster
idealise
UK
idealize
US
indoctrinate
inform
promote
spiritualize
uplift
help forward
soften
mellow
teach
temper
rub the rough edges off
bring culture to
bring civilization to
Verb
▲
To make or become less
lessen
reduce
decrease
ease
lower
minimise
UK
minimize
US
moderate
relax
diminish
narrow
allay
alleviate
assuage
attenuate
blunt
curtail
deaden
dull
erode
palliate
weaken
check
dampen
de-escalate
depress
dilute
make less
make smaller
mitigate
soften
abate
degrade
dent
deplete
discount
downscale
downsize
drop
dwindle
impair
mollify
prune
temper
abridge
dial down
lighten
slash
tone down
truncate
knock down
pare down
take the edge off
wind down
relieve
soothe
cut
curb
cut down
quell
calm
cut back
restrain
cushion
subdue
stifle
trim
suppress
cool
limit
slim down
shrink
appease
quiet
damp
still
muffle
smother
mark down
scale down
help
modify
depreciate
quieten
lull
slacken
restrict
mute
undermine
qualify
contract
lenify
slow
tranquilize
US
control
pacify
extenuate
tranquillize
UK
make cutbacks in
downgrade
retrench
devaluate
sap
pare
damp down
numb
compose
axe
UK
bring down
sink
quench
shorten
whittle down
deflate
taper
ax
US
placate
repress
break
decrement
roll back
devalue
settle
cheapen
hold back
contain
ameliorate
slake
cut back on
inhibit
absorb
salami-slice
retard
buffer
clip
modulate
sweeten
ease off
shave
comfort
step down
take the sting out
ebb
stop
overcome
extinguish
thin
write off
smooth
gentle
benumb
silence
destroy
hinder
tail off
regulate
cripple
stay
adjust
loosen
defuse
anaesthetize
UK
run down
mellow
take the bite out
anesthetize
US
put a damper on
rationalize
US
turn down
sate
cut off
write down
salve
consume
let up
remit
let up on
hush
disempower
minify
remove
satisfy
constrict
cauterize
US
slack
decline
enfeeble
dispel
debilitate
rationalise
UK
squelch
soft-pedal
slow down
loose
throw cold water on
deduct
disable
cauterise
UK
wear away
take down
water down
arrest
take off
waste
pour cold water on
wear down
cure
pour oil on
halt
play down
put an end to
put down
make reductions in
wane
ease up on
exhaust
dam
stem
subtract
peter out
empty
block
release
blanket
couch
staunch
adulterate
enervate
economize on
squash
stanch
wreck
ruin
vitiate
dissipate
delay
banish
spoil
taper off
paralyse
UK
dim
crumble
eliminate
drop off
heal
dry up
bolster
debase
detain
quash
untighten
handicap
trim back
trim down
devour
undervalue
tire
decelerate
pad
chill out
commute
pipe down
revise
tighten
impede
buttress
devalorize
dock
make weaker
obstruct
disintegrate
take
disburden
facilitate
free
rebate
knock off
put damper on
improve
cut down on
rein
stall
put the lid on
kill
nurse
paralyze
US
deteriorate
succor
US
vary
cool out
hold up
set back
resolve
change
shift
hamper
prevent
decay
make nice
postpone
take away
choke off
transmogrify
switch
revamp
keep down
dampen down
phase down
round down
doctor
keep back
interrupt
aid
assist
succour
UK
console
solace
scale back
get rid of
mire
retardate
whittle away
obtund
phase out
break up
loiter
choke
waste away
tune down
interfere with
eat away
take a load off
balm
bog down
rein in
detract from
subside
ration
scale something down
diffuse
spare
take the edge off sth
mask
address
satiate
pillow
whittle
euphemize
devitalize
etiolate
slenderize
blur
calm down
settle down
dip
chill
excuse
restraint
make fewer
muzzle
fill
surfeit
discourage
rarefy
offset
gratify
becalm
lullaby
reduce the force of
deter
dulcify
subvert
foreshorten
hebetate
desensitise
UK
desensitize
US
demote
downplay
abbreviate
dash
keep it down
decrease the volume
extend
lace
sophisticate
ratchet down
nose dive
put a stop to
prostrate
gruntle
reduce punishment
withstand
oppose
resist
treat
muddy up
admix
stamp out
retrench on
fix up
reduce greatly
dismiss
slim
invalidate
take pressure off
mince
make less strict
make less formal
mar
insulate
seclude
take the heat off
guard
stabilize
US
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
refresh
relaxed
cloud
take sting out
patch things up
delete
confine
omit
worsen
fall
lay off
soak up
drive away
chase away
put to rest
square
drive off
chop
crop
compress
attend
protect against
cause to fall
condense
lower in price
simmer down
hold in
reconcile
dispose
ease up
make up
demilitarise
UK
save
neutralise
UK
rescue
recover
stabilise
UK
neutralize
US
demilitarize
US
thin out
fine tune
make reasonable
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
reduce the effect of
reduce something
lop off
lop
bring to a standstill
rob from
make lighter
subjugate
lower in value
remedy
nourish
balance
attune
sugarcoat
defend against
shield against
brighten
monkey around with
withdraw
play up to
cut short
concentrate
shear
economize
US
soften up
harsh
rise above
counteract
economise
UK
safeguard against
bridle
constrain
corrode
amortise
UK
cast down
harmonize
US
punctuate
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
rehabilitate
make better
prettify
amortize
US
drain
liss
take from
disencumber
levitate
upraise
uplight
jettison
eradicate
unload
unburden
mess up
master
set
tone
tune
govern
expend
smooth out
clear the air
take the heat
make light of
bring respite to
debit
abstract
clog
brake
strike off
eat
gnaw
spend
crush
bring an end to
bring aid to
make bearable
make something bearable
bring aid
take load off
incapacitate
stun
frustrate
etherize
chloroform
KO
drown
unnerve
stupefy
injure
freeze
gas
deprive
dope
inflect
encumber
abrade
evacuate
use up
withhold
minus
allow
bate
make less intense
lick
defer
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
budget cut
roll down
trim away
milk
slow up
hamstring
amend
fine-tune
alter
adapt
harmonise
UK
tweak
reduce by
take out
decrease by
knock out
lay out
dissolve
weather
quieten down
keep a lid on
clamp down on
crack down on
keep the lid on
hold in check
get under control
nip in the bud
slap down
snuff out
keep in check
cheer
forward
disengage
relent
simplify
meliorate
promote
speed
expedite
lift
further
put back
put to sleep
draw back
nibble
rot
fret
trammel
cumber
burn
bleed
put out of order
scrape away
hang up
close off
down
hesitate
loaf
back off
falter
crimp
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
baulk
UK
bog
balk
US
baffle
bring to screeching halt
shut off
shut down
dawdle
put a brake on
throw a spanner in the works of
flag
poke
fetter
stunt
suck dry
impoverish
bankrupt
run interference for
clear the way
speed up
make easier
attend to
open the door
scour
grind down
eat away at
bite
bite at
finish
draw down
draw
squander
play out
lag
chip away at
eat into
gnaw away at
procrastinate
embog
reef
wash up
eat up
dig into
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
keep waiting
anchor it
more ❯
Verb
▲
To destroy, weaken or work against
break
destroy
cow
crush
ruin
bust
defeat
degrade
dispirit
subdue
undermine
weaken
cripple
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
demote
enfeeble
overcome
overpower
overwhelm
quash
smash
vanquish
disrate
downgrade
humiliate
impair
incapacitate
reduce
sap
suppress
extinguish
impoverish
enervate
rout
bring down
bring to ruin
cause instability
bring someone to their knees
lower
declass
unseat
depose
relegate
cashier
bump
bench
lower in rank
reduce in rank
lower in status
reduce in importance
take down a peg
floor
disbar
discompose
devastate
nonplus
chagrin
displace
dethrone
oust
kick downstairs
humble
demerit
demean
devalue
dismiss
move down
drum out
take aback
hold back
strip of rank
set back
reduce to the ranks
remove from office
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make use of
harness
exploit
utilise
UK
utilize
US
apply
employ
channel
control
use
mobilise
UK
mobilize
US
exercise
operate
accouter
attach
bind
bridle
check
cinch
collar
connect
constrain
curb
domesticate
equip
fasten
fetter
fit
furnish
gear
govern
hitch
hold
join
leash
limit
make productive
muzzle
outfit
render useful
rig
secure
strap
tackle
tie
capitalize on
make use of
put to use
strap up
tie together
turn to account
turn to good account
put in harness
ply
engage
wield
handle
manipulate
work
implement
bring to bear
run
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
bring into play
avail yourself of
avail oneself of
exert
practise
UK
drive
execute
steer
pilot
practice
US
deploy
guide
command
call upon
resort to
take advantage of
draw on
put into practice
put into service
call into play
manage
adopt
make do with
field
put to good use
find a use for
appropriate
carry out
play
make the most of
couple
yoke
conduct
administer
man
direct
be in charge of
enact
put out
prosecute
enforce
assign
enjoy
effect
bring into effect
put into operation
gain from
derive benefit from
work with
arm
realize
US
tap
advance
benefit from
consume
do with
realise
UK
put into action
appoint
look to
suit
put to work
bring into service
profit by
press into service
put into effect
set in motion
blend
bring into effective action
put forth
put in motion
play on
set off
be in saddle
make go
turn out
fit out
involve
devote
occupy
take up
bring into action
turn to
have recourse to
use up
more ❯
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▲
To teach, train or educate in a given field
train
instruct
school
teach
educate
tutor
coach
prepare
drill
prime
season
exercise
guide
indoctrinate
develop
discipline
equip
fit
improve
inculcate
lead
lesson
mentor
pilot
ready
rear
upskill
condition
cultivate
edify
enlighten
ground
hone
practice
US
practise
UK
qualify
rehearse
harden
inure
mould
UK
mold
US
shape
sharpen
update
drum into
break in
care for
give lessons to
lick into shape
make fit
make ready
demonstrate something to
wise up
show the ropes
put through the grind
put through the mill
whip into shape
make something clear to
put someone through their paces
groom
inform
nurture
direct
foster
brainwash
advise
brief
counsel
initiate
instill
US
illuminate
instil
UK
show
warm up
raise
breed
get ready
accustom
get into shape
verse
look after
program
US
work out
habituate
parent
propagandize
US
programme
UK
lecture
bring up
form
provide for
propagandise
UK
support
take care of
proselytize
US
work over
mother
implant
imbue
persuade
better
uplift
elevate
acquaint
break
influence
explain
familiarize
US
tend
catechize
proselytise
UK
nurse
nourish
study
prep
familiarise
UK
give lessons
give instruction to
hypnotize
US
walk through
mature
tailor
give pointers
work
give information to
set up
compel
manipulate
plant
communicate
convince
order
illume
tell
inspire
illumine
help
introduce
loosen up
demonstrate
adapt
din something into
shepherd
set
hypnotise
UK
steer
clarify
clue
organize
US
brace
break someone in
let in on
clue in
fill in
tune up
break down
give advice to
cherish
get set
give the facts
give counsel to
give counselling to
familiarize with
acquaint with
make conversant with
give direction to
give someone hints
make suggestions to
give someone tips
make recommendations to
lay it out for
organise
UK
give instruction
put in the picture
be responsible for the education of
attend to
provide
regiment
din
drill into
hammer into
arm
promote
cram
bring someone up
spar
advance
empower
manage
give character
socialise
UK
socialize
US
make suitable
stretch
shadowbox
impress upon
civilize
US
homeschool
civilise
UK
watch over
apprise
hip
clear
pull one's coat
feed
raise youngster
get into condition
limber up
notify
give instructions
expound
describe
explicate
point out
disclose
catch up
engineer
reveal
level
toughen up
shape up
get used to
provender
supervise
re-educate
temper
age
acclimatize
US
base
bolster
back
nursle
teach information
labor
US
labour
UK
strain
keep posted
give lessons in
endow
radicalize
US
mellow
do
break it to
aid
impart
enable
facilitate
fanaticize
radicalise
UK
extremize
ripen
toughen
orient
sponsor
predicate
rest
give the lowdown
give the low-down
supply with facts
clue up
gen up
give somebody the lowdown
suit
anneal
moderate
mitigate
make experienced
hang
illustrate
orientate
equip with
pound into
open eyes
polish up
inform about
present
climatize
acclimate
acclimatise
UK
teach school
learn
show the way to
explain things to
put through grind
put through mill
knock up
do exercises
prime in
train in
instruct in
make aware of
teach about
drill in
school in
coach in
tutor in
ground in
fill in on
give a grounding in
caution
preach
protect
fix
give counsel
give advice
improve mind
clue in on
clue up on
give counselling
give guidance
give direction
demonstrate to
make clear
poise
gen up on
plan
give hints
give directions
keep your hand in
arrange
go through one's paces
offer opinions
offer suggestions
make recommendations
give tips
put in the picture about
give the gen about
give the low-down on
lay
fortify
anticipate
forearm
give someone an idea
allow
make plans for
arm oneself
put together
gird up one's loins
make up
lay out
pave the way
fit out
make provision
adjust
take steps
make preparations
take precautions
take measures
make provision for
guard
forearm oneself
contrive
make arrangements
make plans
be prepared
lay the groundwork
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