| 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, undomesticated, uninhabited, untouched, vicious, waste |
Antonyms: |
civilized, controlled, delicate, gentle, manageable, tame |
| 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, self-willed, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unfettered, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, wayward |
Antonyms: |
behaved, controllable, manageable, orderly |
| Main Entry: | wild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense, stormy |
Synonyms: |
blustering, blustery, choppy, disturbed, furious, howling, inclement, raging, rough, storming, tempestuous, turbulent, violent |
Antonyms: |
calm, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | wilderness/wilds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uninhabited area |
Synonyms: |
back country, back of beyond, badland, barrens, boondocks, bush, desert, forest, hinterland, jungle, middle of nowhere, outback, primeval forest, sticks, waste, wasteland, wild |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolis |
| Main Entry: | abandoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free from moral restraint; uninhibited |
Synonyms: |
corrupt, depraved, dissolute, immoral, incontinent, incorrigible, licentious, profligate, shameless, sinful, uncontrolled, unprincipled, unrestrained, wanton, wicked, wild |
Antonyms: |
chaste, innocent, moral, pure, restrained, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | animal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beastlike; carnal |
Synonyms: |
beastly, bestial, bodily, brute, brutish, corporeal, earthly, earthy, feral, fleshy, mammalian, muscular, natural, physical, sensual, untamed, wild, zoological |
| Main Entry: | barbarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
Synonyms: |
barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, inhuman, lowbrow, merciless, philistine, primitive, rough, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unsophisticated, untamed, vicious, vulgar, wild |
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, lowbrow, primitive, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, vulgar, wild |
| 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, brutish, coarse, cruel, ferocious, heartless, ignorant, inhuman, inhumane, monstrous, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unsophisticated, vicious, vulgar, wicked, wild, wolfish |
Antonyms: |
civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | bleak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barren |
Synonyms: |
austere, bare, blank, blighted, bombed, bulldozed, burned, chilly, cleared, cold, deforested, desert, deserted, desolate, dreary, exposed, flat, gaunt, grim, open, raw, scorched, stripped, unpopulated, unsheltered, weather-beaten, wild, windswept |
Antonyms: |
appealing, bright, comfortable, nice, pleasant, sunny |