adj. 1 undomesticated, untamed, unbroken, savage, feral The only four-legged animals inhabiting the island were wild pigs 2 uncultivated, uninhabited, waste, desert, desolate, virgin, unpopulated, empty, trackless, barren, lifeless; deserted The cottage overlooks an expanse of wild moorland 3 savage, uncivilized, barbarous, primitive, rude, uncultured, uncultivated, brutish, barbaric, fierce, ferocious Some early explorers studied the wild people they encountered in far-off lands 4 uncontrolled, unrestricted, unrestrained, untrammelled, unbridled, unfettered, unshackled, free, unchecked, lively, impetuous, unconventional, undisciplined, disobedient, insubordinate, self-willed, wayward, mutinous, rowdy(ish), boisterous, unruly, tumultuous, turbulent, tempestuous, uproarious; uncontrollable, unmanageable, ungovernable, intractable, unrestrainable Peter led quite a wild youth We cannot cope with their wild behaviour after they have had too much to drink. 5 mad, maniac(al), crazed, crazy, irrational, distracted, frenzied, frantic, distraught, hysterical, raving, raging, unhinged, demented, delirious; berserk; run amok or amuck William had a wild look about him Nellie has been driven wild by the pressures of business. 6 exciting, excited, vehement, passionate, romantic, turbulent, chaotic, tempestuous, reckless, madcap At the time, Ernest was having a wild love affair with Charles's widow 7 absurd, irrational, unreasonable, extravagant, fantastic, imprudent, foolish, foolhardy, impractical, impracticable, unpractical, unworkable, ridiculous, reckless, silly, giddy, flighty, madcap, outrageous, preposterous, bizarre, strange, odd, peculiar, Colloq offbeat He lost thousands on some wild scheme for reducing shipping costs by filling bubble packing with helium 8 tousled, wind-blown, unkempt, dishevelled, untidy, disordered, disorderly, messed-up, Colloq mussed-up Her hair was in wild disarray 9 enthusiastic, avid, eager, agog, Colloq crazy, mad, daft, dotty, Brit potty, Slang nutty, nuts I'm just wild about Harry, And Harry's wild about me
n. 10 Usually, wilds. wasteland, wilderness, desert, vastness, emptiness, Colloq sticks, middle of nowhere, back of beyond His idea of adventure was to trek through the wilds of Hyde Park