the wild

noun

: a wild, free, or natural place, state, or existence

The plants were collected from the wild.

They will return the animal to the wild when it is healthy.

I've only seen that animal in a zoo, never in the wild.

Examples of the wild in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

New in select theaters on streaming on premium video on demand, Off the Grid stars Duhamel as Guy, a brilliant scientist hiding out in the wild from a megalomaniac employer who wants to weaponize his mini cold fusion reactor for nefarious purposes. —Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

The courses can effectively teach dogs how to avoid rattlers in the wild, according to Starkey. —Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025

Gregory heads to South Africa for his most audacious mission yet: the wild waters here are a hotspot for one of the ocean’s most famous and feared predators, the great white shark. —Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 28 June 2025

The next day, participants will meet at Big Bear Lake from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to observe the many varieties of buckwheat in the wild. —Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025

Rhymes for the wild

• beguiled
• brainchild
• compiled
• defiled
• exiled
• grandchild
• profiled
• refiled
• reviled
• stepchild
• stockpiled
• domiciled