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Synonyms for feral

Most common

wild savage untamed animalistic

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Wild — wild; untamed

wild, savage, untamed, animalistic, tameless, uplandish, untame, ferine dated rare, indomite dated

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Wild; untamed.

Related words

Word family
ferality feralness
Phrases
feral cat

Example sentences

  • savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
  • untamed Ziri likes fishing in this untamed river.
  • animalistic The scream had some animalistic tone behind it.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
feralrising
savagerising
untamedrising
animalisticrising
tamelesssteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
wild1
6 letters
savage2, untame, ferine
7 letters
untamed
8 letters
tameless, indomite
9 letters
uplandish
11 letters
animalistic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savage2 = 2 syllables).