I. adjective
1.
living and growing in a state of nature and without human intervention
lived on wild plants and game animals
Synonyms: agrarian, agrestal, native, natural, uncultivated, undomesticated; compare savage 1
Related Word: escaped, feral; unsubdued, untamed
Antonyms: cultivated, domesticated
2.
Synonyms: savage 1, feral, vicious
Antonyms: tame, tamed
3.
Synonyms: irresponsible , carefree, careless, feckless, incautious, reckless, uncareful
Related Word: adventurous, audacious, daring, dashing; brash, cocksure, rash
4.
Synonyms: furious 2, corybantic, delirious, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, mad, rabid
Related Word: bewildered, distracted, perplexed; agitated, perturbed, upset; addled, confused, muddled; crazy, demented, deranged, mad
Contrasted words: easy, relaxed
5.
Synonyms: unruly 1, fractious, intractable, recalcitrant, uncontrollable, undisciplinable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, untoward
6.
marked by turmoil and fury especially of natural elements
a wild night of howling winds and driving snow
Synonyms: blustering, blustery, ||coarse, dirty, furious, raging, rough, stormful, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent
Related Word: blatant, boisterous, clamorous, ungovernable, unruly; brutal, harsh, severe
Contrasted words: calm, peaceful, placid, quiet, stormless; halcyon, irenic, serene
7.
given to unrestrained self-indulgence and pursuit of pleasure
her son got in with a wild bunch and took to drink
Synonyms: devil-may-care, fast, gay, raffish, rakehell, rakish, sporty
Related Word: boisterous, roisterous, rollicking, swaggering; careless, heedless, irresponsible, thoughtless; lewd, loose, unchaste, wanton
Contrasted words: moderate, restrained, sober, sparing, temperate; bridled, controlled, curbed; self-controlled
8.
Synonyms: extravagant 1, fantastic, preposterous
9.
Synonyms: barbarian 1, barbaric, barbarous, Gothic, Hunnish, rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated
Antonyms: cultivated, cultured
10.
Synonyms: barbaric 1, barbarian, barbarous, graceless, outlandish, tasteless, vulgar
II. noun
Synonyms: waste 1, badland, barren, desert, wasteland, wilderness, wild land, wildness