Synonyms for wildness
Most common
violence fury ferocity fierceness extravagance barbarianism ferity feralness
All synonyms
Noun
1. Violence
violence, ferocity, fierceness, fury, vehemence, furiousness
Other
extravagance, abandon, barbarianism, ferity, feralness, ferality
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or quality of being wild.
Forms
- Plural
- wildnesses → violences, ferocities, fiercenesses, furies…
Example sentences
- violence The police were unable to cope with such violence.
- fury It was time for the Numidians to vent their fury.
- ferocity His expression is full of ferocity and astonishment at the same time.
- extravagance His extravagance is out of proportion to his wage.
- barbarianism The barbarian is, first and foremost, the man who believes in barbarianism.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wildness | rising | |
| violence | rising | |
| fury | rising | |
| ferocity | rising | |
| fierceness | rising | |
| extravagance | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fury2
- 6 letters
- ferity
- 7 letters
- abandon3
- 8 letters
- violence3, ferocity4, ferality
- 9 letters
- vehemence3, feralness
- 10 letters
- fierceness
- 11 letters
- furiousness
- 12 letters
- extravagance4, barbarianism
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fury2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sauvagerie
- Deutsch
- Wildheit