The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word VANILLA which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Tame, metaphorically crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VANILLA | 100 % | 7 |
Why may VANILLA be the right solution?
The term "vanilla" is often used metaphorically to describe something that is bland or lacking excitement. Therefore, "vanilla" is a suitable answer for the clue "Tame, metaphorically."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tame, metaphorically
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Crossword Answer definitions
VANILLA noun- Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
- The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.
- The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.
- The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.
- Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.
- (sexuality) Someone who is not into fetishism; a normophile
- An unmodded version of a game
- A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream.
- (of flavor, etc.) Of vanilla.
- (retronym) Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.
- (sexuality) Not kinky, not involving BDSM.
- Plain; conventional; unimaginative.
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