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

And with many of us wound up in concrete urbanity, the livestreams offer instant transportation to the wild. —Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026

On Baywatch, the wild child Hobie Buchannon (Amell) from the original series is now a Baywatch captain, following in the footsteps of his legendary father Mitch (played by David Hasselhoff in the OG series). —Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026

Stay with the First Alert Weather Team this week for updates all the wild swings coming up in the forecast. —Cutter Martin, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026

Seeing dinosaur remains in the wild felt different than looking at fossils arranged behind glass in a museum. —The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for the wild

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