tameness
Lack of wildness
Tameness is the quality of being tame—domesticated, docile, or lacking wildness.
Animals that show tameness can be handled safely and don't flee from or attack humans.
The word extends to people and things that are dull, uninspired, or insufficiently bold: The tameness of the sequel disappointed fans who loved the original's edge.
A tame joke or tame party lacks the excitement or risk that might make it memorable.
Compliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- submissivenessDisposition to obey others
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
- tractabilityReadiness to be guided
subservience · deference · acquiescence · amenability · manageability · biddability · yielding · conformity
Free from agitation
- gentleSoft and kind
- placidCalm, undisturbed
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- docileEasily controlled or taught
mild · peaceful · tranquil · easygoing · unruffled · composed · mellow · laid-back
Lacking edge or interest
- boringFailing to engage interest
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- predictableAble to be foreseen
- unexcitingLacking in interest
insipid · vapid · lifeless · flat · stale · tepid · watered-down · unremarkable
obedience
Compliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- submissivenessDisposition to obey others
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
tractability · subservience · deference · acquiescence · amenability · manageability · biddability · yielding · conformity · passivity
calm
Free from agitation
docile · mild · peaceful · tranquil · easygoing · unruffled · composed · mellow · laid-back · good-natured
dull
Lacking edge or interest
- boringFailing to engage interest
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- predictableAble to be foreseen
unexciting · insipid · vapid · lifeless · flat · stale · tepid · watered-down · unremarkable · forgettable
breeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- petsDomesticated companion animals
- husbandryFarm management practice
farm · cattle · sheep · goats · horses · chickens · trained · habituated · herding · kennels
- domestication traitsdocility, floppy ears, droopy ears, white patches, depigmentation
- obedienceobedience, compliance, subordination, deference, docility
- Harmless thingsinnocence, gentleness, kindness, mildness, safety
- passivitypassiveness, inaction, inactivity, submissiveness, acquiescence
- submissivenesssubmissiveness, docility, meekness, obedience, tractability
- calmnesscalmness, calm, tranquility, serenity, peacefulness
tamenesswildness
Untamed, uncontrolled state
ferocity · ferociousness · savagery · beastliness · brutishness
tamenessexcitement
State of eager enthusiasm
wildness · intensity · edginess · outrageousness · daring
tamenessdefiance
Open resistance to authority
rebelliousness · refusal · resistance · unruliness · insubordination
tame, untamed, taming, tamely, tamers, tamer, tamest, tameless, tamable