Thesaurus
wild
Synonyms and Antonyms of wild
- wild animals can be shy or aggressive when confronted by humans
- that land has been completely wild since the owners abandoned it
- a wild night, full of wind and rain
- some wild claim that he was abducted by aliens
absurd, bizarre, crazy, fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), foolish, insane, nonsensical, preposterous, unreal
implausible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable
bizarro, curious, eccentric, far-out, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird
farcical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous
off the wall [slang]
- public speakers in the park typically spout some wild ideas
bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo
aberrant, abnormal, addlepated, flaky
extraordinary, fantastic (also fantastical), freak, freakish, freaky, phantasmagoric (or phantasmagorical), phenomenal
atypical, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted
conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking
atrocious, outrageous, shocking
crotchety, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, nonmainstream, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox
baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
- the holidays were especially wild around here this year
- ancient traces of a wild people who lived in mountain caves
barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, heathen, heathenish, natural, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated
- they're just wild to go on the ecotour through the Amazon rain forest
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Synonyms and Antonyms of wild
- as soon as the doors opened, early-morning bargain hunters ran wild through the store
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Synonyms and Antonyms of wild
- some animals aren't meant to live outside of the wild
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