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feral

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of feral

1 living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans

  • animal experts discourage homeowners from trying to adopt feral animals as pets
Synonyms of feral

savage, unbroken, undomesticated, untamed, wild, wilding
Words Related to feral

uncontrolled, undocile, unsubdued, untrained

bestial, brutal, brute

barbarous, uncivilized
Near Antonyms of feral

controlled, docile, familiar, semidomesticated, subdued, submissive

halterbroken, housebroken, trained

civilized, semicivilized, socialized
Antonyms of feral

broken, busted, domestic, domesticated, gentled, tame, tamed

2 having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal

  • a novel that reveals just how thin the veneer of civilization is and how feral we are at bottom
Synonyms of feral

animalistic, beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, ferine, subhuman, swinish
Words Related to feral

animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, sensual

barbaric, barbarous, cruel, heartless, inhumane, sadistic, savage, vicious, wanton

coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar
Near Antonyms of feral

chivalrous, elevated, gallant, great, greathearted, high, high-minded, lofty, lordly, magnanimous, noble, sublime

angelic (or angelical), spiritual

beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, tenderhearted

cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, well-bred

Synonym Discussion of feral

brutal, brutish, bestial, feral mean characteristic of an animal in nature, action, or instinct. brutal applies to people, their acts, or their words and suggests a lack of intelligence, feeling, or humanity.
    • a senseless and brutal war
brutish stresses likeness to an animal in low intelligence, in base appetites, and in behavior based on instinct.
    • brutish stupidity
bestial suggests a state of degradation unworthy of humans and fit only for beasts.
    • bestial depravity
feral suggests the savagery or ferocity of wild animals.
    • the struggle to survive unleashed their feral impulses

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