broken in

1. 1.

   tamed or trained to obey

   “a horse broken to the saddle”

   “this old nag is well broken in”

   Synonymsbroken

   Similartame

Questions about broken in

What does broken in mean?

broken in means "tamed or trained to obey".

What is another word for broken in?

Close synonyms include broken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is broken in a common word?

broken in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.