Synonyms for wild
- adjective
- noun
Most common
savage mad furious uncontrolled bizarre fantastical uncivilized feral
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Savage — furious; very angry
savage, mad, furious, uncontrolled, unrestrained, ferocious, wanton, fierce, frenzied, raging, stormy, frantic, tempestuous, reckless, disorderly, riotous, rampant, rabid, good-time, impetuous, delirious, desperate
2. Bizarre
bizarre, fantastical, fanciful, outrageous, romantic, loose, extravagant, absurd, quixotic, grotesque, unfounded, far-fetched, baseless, unwarranted, idle, groundless
3. Uncivilized
uncivilized, uncivilised UK, uncultivated, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, rude, unrefined
4. Feral — untamed; not domesticated. Especially, being of the wild type, being of an unbroken ancestral line of…
Other
untamed, crazy, fantastic, violent, insane, desert, woodland, waste, raving, rambunctious informal US, chaotic, unbroken
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Untamed; not domesticated. Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses, although there are many feral horses throughout the world.
- adj. 2
Furious; very angry.
- adj. 3
Untamed; not domesticated. Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- n. 1
The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.
Related words
- Word family
- wildebeest wilderness wild-eyed wildfire wildfowl wildly wildness wildwood
- Phrases
- wild man wild endive wild oats wild pansy wild spinach wild bachelor's button wild cherry wild guess
- Other spellings
- weald
Forms
- Plural
- wilds → wildernesses…
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That which is wild is simply unrestrained; the word may imply no anger or harshness; as, wild delight, wild alarm.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
- ferocious Layla's house was devoured by a ferocious fire.
- uncontrolled Americans appear unsettled and uncontrolled to Japanese.
- unrestrained I don't think the rich should be unrestrained.
- bizarre Sami imposed bizarre dietary restrictions on Layla.
- fantastical Rowan loves building miniature figurines of fantastical creatures and machines.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wild | rising | |
| savage | rising | |
| ferocious | rising | |
| uncontrolled | steady | |
| unrestrained | steady | |
| bizarre | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- mad1
- 4 letters
- rude1, idle2
- 5 letters
- crazy2, waste1, loose1, feral2, rabid2
- 6 letters
- animal3, native2, insane2, desert2, savage2, absurd2, fierce1, raging2, stormy2, raving2, wanton2
- 7 letters
- violent3, furious3, bizarre2, chaotic3, rampant2, frantic2, untamed, riotous3
- 8 letters
- romantic3, reckless2, woodland2, barbaric3, agrarian4, unbroken3, baseless2, fanciful3, frenzied2, quixotic3
- 9 letters
- fantastic3, desperate2, grotesque2, barbarian4, ferocious3, unfounded3, delirious4, impetuous3, barbarous3, unrefined3
- 10 letters
- indigenous4, wilderness3, outrageous3, disorderly4, groundless2
- 11 letters
- extravagant4, unwarranted4, fantastical, uncivilized4, tempestuous4, uncivilised
- 12 letters
- uncontrolled3, unrestrained3, rambunctious3, uncultivated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).
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