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| Main Entry: | wild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untamed |
| Synonyms: | agrarian, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, dense, desert, deserted, desolate, escaped, feral, ferocious, fierce, free, indigenous, lush, luxuriant, native, natural, neglected, overgrown, overrun, primitive, rampant, rude, savage, unbroken, uncivilized, uncultivated, uninhabited, untouched, vicious, waste, undomesticated |
| Antonyms: | civilized, delicate, gentle, manageable, tame, controlled |
| Main Entry: | wild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disorderly, rowdy |
| Synonyms: | avid, berserk, boisterous, chaotic, crazed, crazy, eager, enthusiastic, extravagant, flighty, foolhardy, foolish, giddy, hysterical, impetuous, impracticable, imprudent, incautious, irrational, lawless, licentious, mad, madcap, noisy, nuts, outrageous, preposterous, profligate, rabid, rash, raving, reckless, riotous, rough, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unfettered, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, wayward, self-willed |
| Antonyms: | manageable, orderly, behaved, controllable |
| Main Entry: | wild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense, stormy |
| Synonyms: | blustery, choppy, disturbed, furious, inclement, raging, rough, tempestuous, turbulent, violent, blustering, howling, storming |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | wilderness/wilds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uninhabited area |
| Synonyms: | back country, boondocks, bush, desert, forest, hinterland, jungle, outback, waste, wasteland, wild, back of beyond, badland, barrens, middle of nowhere, primeval forest, sticks |
| Antonyms: | city, metropolis |
| Main Entry: | animal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beastlike; carnal |
| Synonyms: | beastly, bestial, bodily, brute, corporeal, earthly, earthy, feral, fleshy, muscular, natural, physical, sensual, untamed, wild, brutish, mammalian, zoological |
| Main Entry: | barbarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, inhuman, merciless, primitive, rough, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unsophisticated, untamed, vicious, vulgar, wild, lowbrow, philistine |
| Antonyms: | civilized, cultured, educated, humane, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | barbaric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, fierce, graceless, inhuman, primitive, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, vulgar, wild, lowbrow |
| Notes: | barbaric pertains to crudeness and uncivility (based on Greek barbaros 'foreign'); barbarous pertains to cruelty, harshness, and immorality |
| Main Entry: | barbarous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, brutal, coarse, cruel, ferocious, heartless, ignorant, inhuman, monstrous, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unsophisticated, vicious, vulgar, wicked, wild, brutish, inhumane, wolfish |
| Antonyms: | civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | blustery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stormy |
| Synonyms: | gusty, inclement, raging, rough, tempestuous, turbulent, violent, wild, windy, gusting, howling, roaring |
| Antonyms: | calm, still |
| Main Entry: | boisterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy and mischievous |
| Synonyms: | clamorous, disorderly, effervescent, impetuous, loud, obstreperous, rambunctious, raucous, riotous, rollicking, rowdy, strident, tumultous/tumultuous, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, vociferous, wild, bouncy, brawling, vociferant |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, restrained, silent |
| Main Entry: | bush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shrubs; woodland |
| Synonyms: | backcountry, backwoods, bramble, brush, creeper, forest, hedge, hinterland, jungle, outback, plant, scrub, shrubbery, thicket, vine, wilderness, boscage, briar, chaparral, scrubland, the wild |
| Main Entry: | camp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consciously affecting the unfashionable, weird, or bizarre |
| Synonyms: | affected, arch, artificial, avant-garde, far out, mannered, mod, ostentatious, pop, wild, Daliesque, in, posturing |
| Main Entry: | choppy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wavy |
| Synonyms: | inclement, rough, uneven, violent, wild, ripply |
| Antonyms: | calm, smooth |
| Main Entry: | colonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pioneering, relating to a nonindependent or new territory |
| Synonyms: | crude, dependent, dominion, emigrant, frontier, immigrant, new, pilgrim, pioneer, primitive, provincial, puritan, territorial, uncultured, unsettled, unsophisticated, wild, early American, outland, prerevolutionary, transplanted |
| Antonyms: | modern, new |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barren, uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, waste, wild, untilled |
| Antonyms: | fertile, productive, cultivated |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wasteland; dry area |
| Synonyms: | barren, solitude, wild, wilderness, Sahara, arid region, badland, barren land, flats, lava bed, sand dunes, wilds |
| Antonyms: | wetland |
| Main Entry: | dissolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking restraint, indulgent |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, evil, fast*, fast and loose, intemperate, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, loose*, open, player*, profligate, raffish, rakish, reprobate, slack, swift, unprincipled, unrestrained, vicious, wanton, wayward, wicked, wild, gone bad, high living, in the fast lane, night owl, nighthawk, on the take, sybaritic, unconstrained |
| Antonyms: | chaste, good, moral, pure, resolute, respectful, virtuous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distraught |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, worked-up |
| Synonyms: | addled, agitated, anxious, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, confused, crazed*, crazy, discomposed, distracted, distrait, distressed, flustered, frantic, harassed, hysterical, in a panic, like a chicken with its head cut off, mad, muddled, nonplussed, nuts*, out of one's mind, overwrought, perturbed, rattled, raving, shook up, thrown, tormented, troubled, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, wild, worried |
| Antonyms: | calm, gladdened, happy, pleased, untroubled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eager |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho*, hankering, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate, unconcerned, uneager, unenthusiastic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out, flaky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild, kooky, out in left field |
| Antonyms: | boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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