Savagery Synonyms

săvĭj-rē
The property of being untamed and ferocious
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. savageness

Words Related to Savagery

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Savagery Sentence Examples

  • Again, the study of the evolution of human institutions from the lowest savagery to civilization is essentially a novel branch of research, though ideas derived from an unsystematic study of anthropology are at least as old as Aristotle.

  • The stories of his ferocious savagery exceed belief.

  • Instead, the country was traversed by flying columns, and the guerillas dealt with by a French service of " contre-guerilla," who fought with much the same savagery as their foes.

  • The fighting, no doubt, on the part of the wazir was conducted with all the savagery of Oriental warfare; but there is no evidence that it was a war of extermination.

  • He couldn't believe the British were capable of such savagery.

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