Synonyms for ferocity
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Fierceness
fierceness, fury, violence, vehemence, wildness, furiousness, ardency
2. Brutality
brutality, barbarity, cruelty, inhumanity, ferociousness, truculence
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being ferocious.
Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence
Forms
- Plural
- ferocities → fiercenesses, furies, violences, vehemences…
Example sentences
- violence The police were unable to cope with such violence.
- fury It was time for the Numidians to vent their fury.
- vehemence The exaggerated vehemence of his statement astonished everyone.
- brutality Mennad has never seen any atrocities or brutality.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ferocity | rising | |
| violence | rising | |
| fury | rising | |
| vehemence | rising | |
| fierceness | rising | |
| brutality | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fury2
- 7 letters
- cruelty2, ardency
- 8 letters
- violence3, wildness2
- 9 letters
- brutality4, barbarity4, vehemence3
- 10 letters
- inhumanity5, fierceness, truculence
- 11 letters
- furiousness
- 13 letters
- ferociousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fury2 = 2 syllables).