wild

²wild

noun

Definition of WILD

1

: a sparsely inhabited or uncultivated region or tract : wilderness

2

: a wild, free, or natural state or existence

Examples of WILD

1. They hiked through the wilds of Maine.
2. The plants were collected from the wild.
3. They will return the animal to the wild when it is healthy.
4. Could these animals survive in the wild?
5. I've only seen that animal in a zoo, never in the wild.

First Known Use of WILD

13th century

Related to WILD

Synonyms: open, open air, outdoors, out-of-doors, nature, wilderness

Related Words: backwoods, bush, country, frontier, hinterland, sticks, up-country; outside, without; badland, barren, desert, waste, wasteland

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Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with WILD

piled