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savage

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of savage

1 a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

What kind of savage would do such a thing?

Synonyms of savage

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

Words Related to savage

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

Near Antonyms of savage

angel, innocent, saint

2 an uncivilized person

compared their visitors to savages

Synonyms of savage

barbarian, heathen

Words Related to savage

Neanderthal, primitive

savage

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of savage

1 not civilized

Tarzan is usually portrayed as a noble but savage warrior of the jungle.

Synonyms of savage

barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, heathen, heathenish, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild

Words Related to savage

coarse, crude, primitive, rough

uncouth, uncultured

Near Antonyms of savage

cultured, enlightened, humane, sophisticated

genteel, polished, polite, refined, urbane, well-bred

Antonyms of savage

2 having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others

a savage attack on a helpless person

Synonyms of savage

atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, brute, butcherly, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, sadistic, truculent, vicious, wanton

Words Related to savage

hard-hearted, ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted, unfeeling

fell, ferocious, grim

bloodthirsty, cutthroat, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine

catty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, vindictive

draconian, draconic, hardhanded, harsh, heavy-handed, oppressive

Phrases Synonymous with savage

red in tooth and claw

Near Antonyms of savage

tender, warm, warmhearted

charitable, clement, lenient, merciful, pitying

pacific, peaceable, peaceful

Antonyms of savage

benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted

3 living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans

savage beasts that seemed threatening to the tourists

Synonyms of savage

feral, unbroken, undomesticated, untamed, wild, wilding

Words Related to savage

uncontrolled, undocile, unsubdued, untrained

bestial, brutal, brute

barbarous, uncivilized

Near Antonyms of savage

controlled, docile, familiar, semidomesticated, subdued, submissive

halterbroken, housebroken, trained

civilized, semicivilized, socialized

Antonyms of savage

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

4 violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition

a novel about schoolboys who become savage while marooned on an island

Synonyms of savage

fell, ferocious, fierce, grim, vicious

Words Related to savage

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

Near Antonyms of savage

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

compliant, submissive, tame

benign, compassionate, kind, merciful

pacific, peaceable, peaceful

amiable, complaisant, obliging

civilized, cultured

Antonyms of savage

gentle, mild, unaggressive

Synonym Discussion of savage

fierce, ferocious, barbarous, savage, cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions. fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack.

- fierce warriors

ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality.

- a ferocious dog

barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people.

- barbarous treatment of prisoners

savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust, or other violent passion.

- a savage criminal

cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it.

- the cruel jokes of schoolboys

savage

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of savage

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

Book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel.

Synonyms of savage

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

Words Related to savage

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 Synonymous with savage

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

Near Antonyms of savage

acclaim, commend, compliment, hail, laud, praise

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