WILD


Meaning of WILD in English

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

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