savage

Synonyms

fell, ferocious, fierce, grim, vicious;

Antonyms

gentle, mild, unaggressive;

Near Antonyms

amicable, companionable, comradely, congenial, cordial, friendly, genial, hearty, warm, warmhearted;

compliant, submissive, tame;

benign, compassionate, kind, merciful;

pacific, peaceable, peaceful;

amiable, complaisant, obliging;

human, humane;

civilized, cultured;

Related Words

argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, brawly, combative, confrontational, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, scrappy, warlike;

bare-knuckle (also bare-knuckled), blood-and-guts, in-your-face, take-no-prisoners;

menacing, threatening;

bestial, brute, inhuman, inhumane;

barbaric, uncivilized, wild;

heartless, implacable, merciless, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, unrelenting, wanton;

bloodthirsty, bloody, homicidal, murdering, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine;

rapacious, ravenous, voracious;

Synonyms

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

Near Antonyms

angel, innocent, saint;

hero;

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;

Synonyms

abuse, assail, attack, bash, belabor, blast, castigate, excoriate, jump (on), lambaste (or lambast), potshot, scathe, slam, vituperate;

Near Antonyms

acclaim, commend, compliment, hail, laud, praise;

Related Words

berate, harangue, harass, harry, revile, scold, whip;

blaspheme, curse, execrate, imprecate, profane;

affront, insult, slur;

asperse, bad-mouth, belittle, blackguard, disparage, put down;

libel, slander, traduce, vilify;

chastise, chide, criticize, lace (into), rebuke, reprimand, reproof;

fulminate, lash (out);

Phrases

beat up on, light into, sail into, tie into;