The definition of a Hun is a savage, particularly one of the 4th and 5th century Asian invaders of Europe lead by Attila, or an endearing nickname people use for each other.
Savage
implies a more primitive civilization than
barbarian
and connotes great fierceness and cruelty a savage inquisition
barbarous warfare
Barbarous
connotes cruelty and brutality regarded as characteristic of primitive people
Barbaric
suggests crudeness and lack of restraint regarded as characteristic of primitive peoples barbaric splendor
Barbarian
basically refers to a civilization or people regarded as primitive, either without further connotation barbarian tribes or with the implication of lack of cultivation and refinement or of brutishness
Find another word for barbarian. In this page you can discover 87 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for barbarian, like: savage, uncivilized, sophisticated, punk, rough, hooligan, barbarous, rascal, heathen, rude and uncultivated.
She had forgotten he was a barbarian like the others after all he'd done to save her.
On the decline of the Roman empire Vindobona became the prey of successive barbarian invaders.
He is a barbarian to others and they to him, since they cannot understand what is spoken by him.
During this period the revolt of the African prince Gildo was suppressed (398); Italy was successfully defended against Alaric, who was defeated at Pollentia (402) and Verona (403); and the barbarian hordes under the Goth Radagaisus were destroyed (406).