Another word for wild
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Adjective
In a primitive state; not domesticated or cultivated; produced by nature
- Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
- Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods:
- Socially unpolished, uncultured, or unrefined.
- Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
- Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
- Difficult to travel over or through:
- Present in or produced by nature:
- Of, relating to, or concerning nature:
- Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
- Being such by birth or origin:
- Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
- Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants:
See also:Of or relating to wild animals
- Not domesticated or cultivated; wild:
- Not civilized; barbaric:
- Vicious or merciless; brutal:
- Existing in a wild or untamed state.
- Having returned to an untamed state from domestication.
- Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage:
See also:Not civilized
- Discourteous; rude:
- Uncivilized.
- Not cultured or cultivated:
- Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods:
- Socially unpolished, uncultured, or unrefined.
- Not civilized; barbarous.
- Not domesticated or cultivated; wild:
- Not civilized; barbaric:
- Vicious or merciless; brutal:
- Ill-mannered, discourteous, or insulting:
- Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive:
- Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill:
- Of or relating to an early or original stage or state; primeval:
- Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution:
- Having developed early in the evolutionary history of a group:
- Primitive or undeveloped in culture and customs; uncivilized.
- Lacking refinement or culture; coarse:
- Characterized by savagery; very cruel:
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians.
- Marked by crudeness or lack of sophistication:
- Brutal or cruel:
- A member of one of the non-Greek peoples in the ancient world, regarded by the ancient Greeks as culturally inferior.
- A member of any of various peoples living outside the Roman Empire or not fully integrated into Greco-Roman civilization.
- A member of a people considered uncivilized or culturally inferior by members of another people.
Not submitting to discipline or control
- Improper; unseemly:
- Unfavorable or adverse:
- Difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule:
- Difficult to keep in place or in order:
- Difficult or impossible to manage or control:
- Difficult to carry or maneuver; unwieldy:
- Incapable of being governed, restrained, or controlled.
- Impossible to control or govern:
- Showing or characterized by obstinate resistance to authority or control:
- Difficult to melt or work; resistant to heat:
- Resistant to treatment:
- Stubbornly resistant to or defiant of authority or guidance.
- Difficult to manage or deal with:
- Resistant to chemical decomposition; decomposing extremely slowly.
- Noisily unruly or defiant:
- Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.
- Characterized by such adherence:
- Difficult to manage, control, or treat:
- Unrestrained by law; unruly:
- Contrary to the law; unlawful:
- Not governed by law:
- Difficult to manage, deal with, or change to an acceptable condition:
- Difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure:
- Difficult to persuade or keep under control, as in behavior:
- Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
- Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
- Having a peevish nature; cranky.
- Lacking regular or logical order or arrangement:
- Undisciplined; unruly:
- Disturbing the public peace or decorum.
Idioms:Lacking in moral restraint
- Lascivious or promiscuous. Used especially of women.
- Exciting or expressing sexual desire:
- Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust:
- Not controlled or held in check; immoderate:
- Uninhibited or unreserved:
- Free from inhibition; unrestrained or unselfconscious:
- Lacking control or discipline
- Lacking restraint
- Not under control, discipline, or governance.
- Unrestrained; uncontrolled:
- Not wearing or not fitted with a bridle:
- Having a trim, streamlined appearance:
- Dashingly or sportingly stylish; jaunty.
- Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation:
- Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant:
- A profligate person.
- Lacking moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct.
- Ignoring accepted rules or standards, as of prescriptive grammar.
- Not restrained; uncontrolled:
- Lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions.
- Lacking sexual restraint; unchaste.
- Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
- Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.
- Bright or lively, especially in color:
- Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift.
- Accomplished in relatively little time:
- Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously:
- Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices.
- Intemperate in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute.
- Wasted or squandered.
- Irreversibly lost. Used of energy.
- Deserted; forsaken.
- Exuberantly enthusiastic.
- Recklessly unrestrained.
See also:Marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation
- In a state of frenzy; frenzied:
- Angry; resentful:
- Mentally deranged:
- Characteristic of mental derangement:
- Affected with or marked by frenzy; frantic:
- Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.
- Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied:
- Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity:
- Mentally deranged.
- Of, suffering from, or characteristic of delirium.
- Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; ecstatic:
See also:Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms
- Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
- Characterized by or displaying physical violence:
- Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes:
- Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.
- Repulsive or offensive; objectionable:
- Rude:
- Moving rapidly or violently:
- Characterized by disorder, commotion, or unrest:
- Very loud; noisy:
- Characterized by disorderly commotion:
- Characterized by mental or emotional agitation:
- Characterized by violent emotions or actions; tumultuous:
- Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest:
- Subject to, characterized by, or affected by storms; tempestuous.
- Characterized by violent emotions, passions, speech, or actions:
- Having a rough irregular surface:
- Having strong features marked with furrows or wrinkles:
- Having a sturdy build or strong constitution:
- Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
- Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
- Difficult to travel over or through:
- Full of sediment; muddy or cloudy.
- Turbulent; agitated.
- Simple past tense and past participle of roil.
- Very active and unpredictable; volatile:
- Remarkable; extraordinary:
- Having relatively great weight:
- Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
- Large, as in number or quantity:
- Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
- Spreading dirt; polluting:
- Apt to soil with dirt or grime:
See also:
Noun
An uninhabited region left in its natural state
- A large tract of land that has not been significantly affected by human activities.
- A barren or desolate area; a wasteland.
- Something characterized by bewildering vastness, perilousness, or unchecked profusion:
- A low shrub with many branches.
- A thick growth of shrubs; a thicket.
- Land covered with dense vegetation or undergrowth.
See also:
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Another word for wild
Modifier
Not controlled
- Loud or noisy and lively or unrestrained:
- Rough and stormy; violent:
- Difficult or impossible to manage or control:
- Difficult to carry or maneuver; unwieldy:
- Not controlled or held in check; immoderate:
- Uninhibited or unreserved:
Uncivilized
- Not domesticated or cultivated; wild:
- Not civilized; barbaric:
- Vicious or merciless; brutal:
- Primitive or undeveloped in culture and customs; uncivilized.
- Lacking refinement or culture; coarse:
- Characterized by savagery; very cruel:
See also:Not cultivated
- Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
- Extending unchecked; unrestrained:
- Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rife:
- Rearing on the hind legs.
- Not imprisoned or confined:
- Not controlled by obligation or the will of another:
- Not controlled by another country or political power; independent:
- To seize the positions of and defeat conclusively:
- To spread or swarm over destructively:
- To spread swiftly throughout:
- Not looked after; neglected.
- Of land, having not been tilled.
- Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods:
- Socially unpolished, uncultured, or unrefined.
- overspread with foliage
- grown excessively or beyond normal size
- A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
- A female virgin. Used chiefly in historical contexts.
- The Virgin Mary.
- Present in or produced by nature:
- Of, relating to, or concerning nature:
- Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
- Being such by birth or origin:
- Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
- Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants:
- Having no residents; not inhabited.
- Impossible to penetrate or enter:
- Impossible to understand; incomprehensible:
- Impervious to sentiment or argument:
- Full of or consisting of weeds:
- Being, characteristic of, or resembling a weed:
- Of a scrawny build; spindly or gawky.
- A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation.
- A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life.
- An apparently lifeless area of water.
- To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
- To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
- To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
- Devoid of inhabitants; deserted:
- Barren; lifeless:
- Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
- Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit.
- Having relatively high density.
- Crowded closely together; compact:
- Hard to penetrate; thick:
- Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy:
- Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant:
- Abundant; plentiful:
- Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation:
- Abundant; plentiful.
- Extravagant or luxurious, as in ornamentation:
- Characterized by rich or profuse growth:
- Rich and elaborate, as in decoration.
- Extremely productive:
Undomesticated
- Not tampered with; intact:
- Not violated or breached:
- Uninterrupted; continuous:
- Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
- Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
Inaccurate
- Not dependably strong or solid.
- Not physically or mentally healthy.
- Not true or logically valid; fallacious:
- From a place or position:
- At a certain distance in space or time:
- From a given course or route; aside:
- Having no fixed or regular course; wandering:
- Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity:
- Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric:
Stormy
- Present participle of storm.
- The act by which something is stormed.
- Very active and unpredictable; volatile:
- Remarkable; extraordinary:
- Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function:
- Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled:
See also:Excited
- Having or marked by keen interest and enthusiasm:
- Having or marked by strong desire or craving; greedy:
- Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy.
- Tart; sharp; cutting.
- Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
- Being at a high temperature.
- Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable:
See also:Dissolute
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of an orgy.
- Arousing or causing unrestrained emotion; frenzied.
- Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation:
- Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant:
- A profligate person.
- Lacking moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct.
- Ignoring accepted rules or standards, as of prescriptive grammar.
- Not fastened, restrained, or contained:
- Not taut, fixed, or rigid:
- Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered:
- Unrestrained; uncontrolled:
- Not wearing or not fitted with a bridle:
See also:Imprudent
- Not cautious; rash.
- Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly:
- Capable of arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous:
- Embarrassed; abashed:
- Acting or done with a lack of care or caution; careless or irresponsible.
Idioms:
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