| docile | | |
| adj. | 1. docile | willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed.; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" |
| ~ obedient | dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority.; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened" |
| ~ meek, tame | very docile.; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse" |
| ~ sheepish, sheeplike | like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity. |
| ~ yielding | inclined to yield to argument or influence or control.; "a timid yielding person" |
| ~ manipulable, tractable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded).; "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition" |
| adj. | 2. docile, teachable | ready and willing to be taught.; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" |
| ~ manipulable, tractable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded).; "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition" |
| adj. | 3. docile, gentle | easily handled or managed.; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" |
| ~ tamed, tame | brought from wildness into a domesticated state.; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" |
| domesticated | | |
| adj. | 1. domestic, domesticated | converted or adapted to domestic use.; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize" |
| ~ tamed, tame | brought from wildness into a domesticated state.; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" |
| adj. | 2. domesticated | accustomed to home life.; "some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it" |
| ~ domestic | of or involving the home or family.; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste" |
| familiar | | |
| n. (person) | 1. familiar | a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support. |
| ~ servant, retainer | a person working in the service of another (especially in the household). |
| n. (person) | 2. associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow | a friend who is frequently in the company of another.; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" |
| ~ date, escort | a participant in a date.; "his date never stopped talking" |
| ~ friend | a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.; "he was my best friend at the university" |
| ~ playfellow, playmate | a companion at play. |
| ~ tovarich, tovarisch | a comrade (especially in Russian communism). |
| n. (person) | 3. familiar, familiar spirit | a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard. |
| ~ disembodied spirit, spirit | any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings. |
| adj. | 4. familiar | well known or easily recognized.; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" |
| ~ acquainted | having fair knowledge of.; "they were acquainted"; "fully acquainted with the facts" |
| ~ beaten | much trodden and worn smooth or bare.; "did not stray from the beaten path" |
| ~ long-familiar, well-known | frequently experienced; known closely or intimately.; "a long-familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears" |
| ~ old | (used for emphasis) very familiar.; "good old boy"; "same old story" |
| ~ known | apprehended with certainty.; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal" |
| adj. | 5. familiar | within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange.; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences" |
| ~ usual, common | commonly encountered.; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" |
| ~ common or garden | the usual or familiar type.; "it is a common or garden sparrow" |
| ~ everyday | commonplace and ordinary.; "the familiar everyday world" |
| adj. | 6. conversant, familiar | (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly.; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads" |
| ~ informed | having much knowledge or education.; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" |
| adj. | 7. familiar, intimate | having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship.; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" |
| ~ close | close in relevance or relationship.; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" |
| tame | | |
| v. (change) | 1. chasten, subdue, tame | correct by punishment or discipline. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (communication) | 2. moderate, tame, tone down | make less strong or intense; soften.; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 3. cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" |
| ~ plant life, flora, plant | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion. |
| ~ adapt, accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| v. (change) | 4. domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ break in, break | make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" |
| ~ domesticate, tame | 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" |
| v. (change) | 5. domesticate, tame | 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" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ adapt, accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| ~ domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
| adj. | 6. tame | flat and uninspiring. |
| ~ unexciting | not exciting.; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life" |
| adj. | 7. tame | 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" |
| ~ quiet | characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity.; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years" |
| ~ subdued | quieted and brought under control.; "children were subdued and silent" |
| adj. | 8. tame, tamed | brought from wildness into a domesticated state.; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" |
| ~ broken in, broken | tamed or trained to obey.; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in" |
| ~ cultivated | no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use.; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries" |
| ~ docile, gentle | easily handled or managed.; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" |
| ~ domesticated, domestic | converted or adapted to domestic use.; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize" |
| ~ tamed | brought from wildness.; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed" |
| ~ manipulable, tractable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded).; "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition" |
| adj. | 9. meek, tame | very docile.; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse" |
| ~ docile | willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed.; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" |
| used to | | |
| adj. | 1. used to, wont to | in the habit.; "I am used to hitchhiking"; "you'll get used to the idea"; "...was wont to complain that this is a cold world" |
| ~ accustomed | (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to.; "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face" |
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