savage

²savage

noun

Definition of SAVAGE

1

: a person belonging to a primitive society

2

: a brutal person

3

: a rude or unmannerly person

Examples of SAVAGE

1. What kind of savage could have committed such a terrible crime?
2. <what kind of savage would hurt a baby?>

First Known Use of SAVAGE

15th century

Related to SAVAGE

Synonyms: baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, villain, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, wretch

Related Words: villainess; blackguard; criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor; sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer; cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper; bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw; con, convict, jailbird; assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug; rough, rowdy, tough; loser, lowlife, ne'er-do-well, stinker, trash

Near Antonyms: angel, innocent, saint; hero

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Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

Rhymes with SAVAGE

ravage