Synonyms of savage

savage 1 of 4

noun (1)

1

as in brute

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

what kind of savage would hurt a baby?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brute
• villain
• monster
• beast
• criminal
• devil
• offender
• wretch
• bandit
• thug
• rogue
• scoundrel
• assassin
• heavy
• reprobate
• rascal
• scapegrace
• gangster
• knave
• caitiff
• scamp
• nazi
• fiend
• hound
• miscreant
• scalawag
• no-good
• varlet
• evildoer
• crook
• perpetrator
• meany
• snake
• scallywag
• baddy
• baddie
• loser
• rapscallion
• meanie
• trespasser
• blackguard
• outlaw
• rough
• viper
• felon
• culprit
• sinner
• serpent
• transgressor
• villainess
• heel
• cutthroat
• tough
• desperado
• lawbreaker
• ruffian
• perp
• wrongdoer
• rowdy
• cad
• con
• malefactor
• hooligan
• hoodlum
• convict
• racketeer
• lowlife
• jailbird
• bravo
• goon
• gunman
• stinker
• trash
• ne'er-do-well

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocent
• hero
• angel
• saint

2

as in barbarian

an uncivilized person

inhabitants of exotic lands were invariably portrayed by early travel writers as savages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barbarian
• primitive
• heathen
• Neanderthal
• noble savage

savage

2 of 4

adjective

1

as in rude

not civilized

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barbarian
• rude
• wild
• primitive
• barbarous
• barbaric
• uncivilized
• Neanderthal
• natural
• uncivil
• uncultivated
• heathenish
• heathen
• Neandertal
• crude
• coarse
• rough
• uncouth
• uncultured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilized
• sophisticated
• humane
• enlightened
• cultured
• polite
• polished
• genteel
• refined
• urbane
• well-bred
• semicivilized

2

as in brutal

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

a savage attack on a helpless person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brutal
• vicious
• cruel
• ruthless
• barbarous
• barbaric
• murderous
• merciless
• ferocious
• brute
• inhuman
• sadistic
• heartless
• inhumane
• fiendish
• truculent
• atrocious
• oppressive
• harsh
• hateful
• pitiless
• butcherly
• wanton
• malicious
• red in tooth and claw
• bloodthirsty
• sanguinary
• grim
• fell
• unfeeling
• malignant
• vindictive
• cutthroat
• spiteful
• malevolent
• hard-hearted
• sanguine
• malign
• draconian
• ironhearted
• catty
• nasty
• mean
• stonyhearted
• despiteful
• draconic
• heavy-handed
• hardhanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sympathetic
• humane
• benign
• kind
• compassionate
• warm
• tender
• merciful
• benignant
• charitable
• kindhearted
• good-hearted
• lenient
• tenderhearted
• pitying
• peaceful
• peaceable
• pacific
• warmhearted
• clement

3

as in feral

living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans

savage beasts that seemed threatening to the tourists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feral
• wild
• wilding
• untamed
• unbroken
• undomesticated
• brutal
• brute
• uncontrolled
• bestial
• barbarous
• uncivilized
• untrained
• unsubdued
• undocile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• domestic
• tame
• domesticated
• broken
• tamed
• subdued
• controlled
• docile
• busted
• familiar
• submissive
• civilized
• gentled
• trained
• semidomesticated
• socialized
• halterbroken
• housebroken
• semicivilized

4

as in ferocious

violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition

early explorers avoided those areas that were rumored to be inhabited by savage natives

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ferocious
• vicious
• fierce
• ruthless
• merciless
• brute
• fell
• grim
• murderous
• menacing
• murdering
• militant
• relentless
• warlike
• wild
• belligerent
• barbaric
• bellicose
• assaultive
• pugnacious
• combative
• contentious
• ravenous
• bestial
• confrontational
• feisty
• uncivilized
• gladiatorial
• pitiless
• threatening
• in-your-face
• inhuman
• bloodthirsty
• bloody
• truculent
• scrappy
• quarrelsome
• sanguinary
• inhumane
• discordant
• argumentative
• bare-knuckles
• brawly
• disputatious
• bare-knuckled
• implacable
• take-no-prisoners
• unrelenting
• homicidal
• heartless
• blood-and-guts
• bare-knuckle
• chippy
• rapacious
• voracious
• sanguine
• wanton

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mild
• gentle
• warm
• friendly
• congenial
• tame
• genial
• hearty
• cordial
• amicable
• benign
• kind
• submissive
• human
• compliant
• merciful
• compassionate
• peaceable
• peaceful
• unaggressive
• pacific
• companionable
• amiable
• civilized
• comradely
• humane
• warmhearted
• cultured
• complaisant
• obliging

savage

3 of 4

verb

as in to attack

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• slam
• scold
• abuse
• insult
• blast
• criticize
• assail
• vituperate
• jump (on)
• lambast
• excoriate
• tie into
• curse
• scathe
• bash
• sail into
• harass
• trash
• lambaste
• castigate
• revile
• beat up on
• potshot
• affront
• belabor
• profane
• harangue
• light into
• harry
• blackguard
• reprimand
• berate
• execrate
• blaspheme
• slur
• libel
• imprecate
• disparage
• slander
• asperse
• whip
• belittle
• vilify
• rebuke
• chastise
• lash (out)
• chide
• fulminate
• lace (into)
• put down
• traduce
• bad-mouth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praise
• commend
• compliment
• hail
• laud
• acclaim

savageness

4 of 4

noun (2)

as in cruelty

disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others

the unthinkable savageness that must be required to torture a prisoner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cruelty
• brutality
• savagery
• barbarity
• atrocity
• inhumanity
• sadism
• heartlessness
• fiendishness
• viciousness
• murderousness
• cruelness
• truculence
• barbarousness
• wantonness
• ferocity
• inhumanness
• ruthlessness
• mercilessness
• atrociousness
• ferociousness
• fierceness
• pitilessness
• meanness
• bloodthirstiness
• grimness
• oppressiveness
• bloodlust
• malevolence
• malignity
• spitefulness
• hatefulness
• maliciousness
• unfeelingness
• hard-heartedness
• harshness
• sanguinity
• fellness
• cattiness
• nastiness
• despitefulness
• sanguineness
• heavy-handedness
• hardhandedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sympathy
• humanity
• compassion
• kindness
• humaneness
• tenderness
• benignity
• warmth
• tenderheartedness
• kindheartedness
• warmness
• good-heartedness
• pity
• mercy
• clemency
• leniency
• warmheartedness
• mercifulness
• charitableness