Synonyms of savages

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noun

plural of savage

1

as in brutes

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

what kind of savage would hurt a baby?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brutes
• villains
• monsters
• criminals
• devils
• offenders
• wretches
• beasts
• bandits
• thugs
• nazis
• scoundrels
• rogues
• varlets
• knaves
• assassins
• gangsters
• reprobates
• rascals
• miscreants
• scalawags
• no-goods
• fiends
• losers
• scamps
• baddies
• hounds
• rapscallions
• crooks
• evildoers
• perpetrators
• heavies
• meanies
• scapegraces
• snakes
• trespassers
• blackguards
• outlaws
• culprits
• caitiffs
• sinners
• felons
• desperadoes
• lawbreakers
• serpents
• ruffians
• convicts
• transgressors
• vipers
• cutthroats
• hoodlums
• heels
• perps
• wrongdoers
• malefactors
• hooligans
• cads
• toughs
• racketeers
• rowdies
• lowlifes
• roughs
• villainesses
• goons
• jailbirds
• gunmen
• bravos
• cons
• stinkers
• trash
• ne'er-do-wells

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saints
• angels
• heroes
• innocents

2

as in barbarians

an uncivilized person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barbarians
• primitives
• heathens
• Neanderthals
• noble savages

savages

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verb

present tense third-person singular of savage

as in attacks

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• scolds
• abuses
• slams
• insults
• criticizes
• jumps (on)
• excoriates
• blasts
• assails
• vituperates
• ties into
• curses
• castigates
• belabors
• sails into
• lambastes
• bashes
• scathes
• trashes
• potshots
• harasses
• reviles
• harangues
• affronts
• beats up on
• lights into
• harries
• slurs
• berates
• blasphemes
• blackguards
• execrates
• profanes
• reprimands
• disparages
• slanders
• libels
• whips
• vilifies
• fulminates
• belittles
• imprecates
• chides
• bad-mouths
• traduces
• asperses
• lashes (out)
• rebukes
• chastises
• laces (into)
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praises
• commends
• compliments
• hails
• lauds
• acclaims

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of savages

Noun

Among the English-speaking settlers, the events at Lake George would be remembered as a massacre, and the Indigenous people whose home this was, whose conventions of war did not match those of the European empires, were called savages. — James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026

And potentially discover treasure that will keep the savages at home from tearing the place down. — Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Or a group of shipwrecked boys turning into savages and killing one another? — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages. — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026

Smoothbrain libs and savages can KMA. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026

This notion was based on outdated presumptions of hillforts as being occupied by violent, prehistoric savages. — News Desk, Artforum, 10 Apr. 2026

Or Irish, in a time when they were seen as savages by the Englishmen? — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026