Synonyms for furious
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
a furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviour
Related words
- Word family
- furiousness
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Fierce signifies having a furious and cruel nature, or being in a furious and cruel mood, more commonly the latter.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- angry I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.
- fierce One reporter said he looked like a fierce bulldog.
- raging My mean side is silently raging on deep inside me.
- infuriated Gustavo got infuriated when he heard about that.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| furious | rising | |
| angry | rising | |
| fierce | rising | |
| raging | rising | |
| infuriated | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- mad1
- 4 letters
- wild1
- 5 letters
- angry2, rabid2, livid2, irate2
- 6 letters
- savage2, fierce1, raging2, fuming2
- 7 letters
- violent3, enraged2, frantic2, angered2
- 8 letters
- frenzied2, vehement3, maddened, wreakful
- 9 letters
- desperate2, ferocious3
- 10 letters
- infuriated5
- 11 letters
- tempestuous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angry2 = 2 syllables).