tameless C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈteɪmləs/ UK /ˈteɪmləs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj impossible to tame or subdue; wild and untamable The poet praised the tameless spirit of the open sea. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · impossible to tame or... untamablewildunrulyferalungovernableintractable ↔ Opposites tamedociledomesticatedsubmissive Word family Derived forms tamelessness Related forms tametamenessuntamed Etymology AI details From tame + -less. Tame is from Old English tam ('domesticated'), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- ('to tame, domesticate'). tam Old English *demh₂- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tameless **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈteɪmləs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈteɪmləs/ ## Meanings 1. impossible to tame or subdue; wild and untamable ## Examples - The poet praised the tameless spirit of the open sea. ## Synonyms - untamable - wild - unruly - feral - ungovernable - intractable ## Antonyms - tame - docile - domesticated - submissive ## Derived Forms - tamelessness ## Related Forms - tame - tameness - untamed ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tam - Root: *demh₂- ## Etymology From tame + -less. Tame is from Old English tam ('domesticated'), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- ('to tame, domesticate'). ## AI Etymology Tameless is from tame + -less. Tame is from Old English tam ('domesticated'), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- ('to tame, domesticate'). Important recorded forms include tam (Old English) and *demh₂- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, -less marks absence or lack, so the word names a state defined by being without the quality or thing expressed by the base. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers impossible to tame or subdue; wild and untamable. The wider family includes derived forms such as tamelessness and related words such as tame, tameness, and untamed. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown