Synonyms of wild

wild 1 of 3

adjective

ˈwī(-ə)ld 

1

as in feral

living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans

wild animals can be shy or aggressive when confronted by humans

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in uninhabited

existing without human habitation or cultivation

that land has been completely wild since the owners abandoned it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uninhabited
• untamed
• natural
• uncultivated
• undeveloped
• native
• virgin
• spontaneous
• desolate
• overgrown
• unsettled
• untended
• unpeopled
• waste
• forlorn
• howling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cultivated
• inhabited
• tamed
• developed
• seminatural

3

as in turbulent

marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements

a wild night, full of wind and rain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turbulent
• rough
• rugged
• tumultuous
• tempestuous
• stormy
• brutal
• harsh
• violent
• bleak
• raging
• severe
• blustery
• unsettled
• nasty
• raw
• blustering
• inclement
• unquiet
• roily
• squally

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quiet
• peaceful
• calm
• serene
• tranquil
• placid
• clear
• bright
• fair
• sunny
• halcyon
• cloudless
• sunshiny
• unclouded
• clement

4

as in bizarre

conceived or made without regard for reason or reality

some wild claim that he was abducted by aliens

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• foolish
• absurd
• insane
• unreal
• fantastical
• crazy
• strange
• fanciful
• fantastic
• incredible
• curious
• ridiculous
• nonsensical
• preposterous
• off the wall
• grotesque
• weird
• peculiar
• odd
• funny
• unbelievable
• eccentric
• unimaginable
• inconceivable
• extravagant
• unthinkable
• implausible
• kinky
• quirky
• wacky
• whacky
• outlandish
• surreal
• queer
• out-of-the-way
• quaint
• ludicrous
• nightmarish
• screwy
• outré
• far-out
• farcical
• way-out
• dreamlike
• laughable
• kookie
• kooky
• Alice-in-Wonderland
• queerish
• bizarro
• Kafkaesque

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• realistic

5

as in strange

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

public speakers in the park typically spout some wild ideas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• strange
• funny
• weird
• curious
• odd
• erratic
• crazy
• peculiar
• remarkable
• eccentric
• unusual
• abnormal
• kinky
• unique
• off-the-wall
• quirky
• wacky
• whacky
• outlandish
• funky
• fantastical
• offbeat
• out-of-the-way
• unconventional
• quaint
• rare
• kooky
• screwy
• uncommon
• outré
• rum
• far-out
• queer
• way-out
• outrageous
• extraordinary
• kookie
• weirdo
• queerish
• cranky
• bizarro
• off-kilter
• freak
• fantastic
• outstanding
• freaky
• aberrant
• freakish
• shocking
• spaced-out
• striking
• flaky
• atypical
• phantasmagoric
• phenomenal
• noticeable
• out-there
• conspicuous
• prominent
• phantasmagorical
• unwonted
• notable
• idiosyncratic
• salient
• singular
• perplexing
• unorthodox
• puzzling
• baffling
• nonconformist
• confounding
• bewildering
• atrocious
• addlepated
• mystifying
• uncustomary
• crotchety
• nonmainstream

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• typical
• ordinary
• usual
• garden
• average
• standard
• everyday
• routine
• commonplace
• conservative
• prosaic
• conventional
• familiar
• unremarkable
• run-of-the-mill
• predictable
• unexceptional
• common
• workaday
• regular
• frequent
• expected
• conformist
• customary
• habitual
• knee-jerk
• wonted

6

as in frantic

marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity

the holidays were especially wild around here this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frantic
• mad
• furious
• fierce
• intense
• intensive
• violent
• ferocious
• frenetic
• frenzied
• delirious
• feverish
• rabid
• excessive
• extreme
• concentrated
• extravagant
• crazy
• crazed
• irrational
• vehement
• undue
• inordinate
• lavish
• exorbitant
• immoderate
• demented
• deranged
• lunatic
• maniacal
• insane
• unconscionable
• high-pressured
• maniac
• overweening
• overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quiet
• undisturbed
• peaceful
• calm
• reasonable
• serene
• tranquil
• moderate
• placid
• temperate
• relaxed
• subdued
• casual
• sound
• unperturbed
• balanced
• untroubled
• sane
• easygoing
• low-pressure

7

as in barbarian

not civilized

ancient traces of a wild people who lived in mountain caves

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

8

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

they're just wild to go on the ecotour through the Amazon rain forest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excited
• avid
• enthusiastic
• eager
• anxious
• hungry
• ardent
• keen
• nuts
• crazy
• pumped
• impatient
• thirsty
• greedy
• voracious
• happy
• desirous
• interested
• gung ho
• solicitous
• great
• juiced
• antsy
• ready
• agog
• hot
• hopped-up
• geeked
• stoked
• enthused
• champing at the bit
• raring
• chomping at the bit
• willing
• athirst
• hepped up
• engaged
• longing
• obsessed
• ambitious
• restless
• covetous
• glad
• restive
• breathless
• game
• craving
• pining
• hankering
• hung up
• appetent
• amenable
• disposed
• inclined
• unreluctant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• casual
• apathetic
• nonchalant
• unconcerned
• unenthusiastic
• uninterested
• disinterested
• aloof
• insouciant
• detached
• incurious
• stolid
• impassive
• reluctant
• languid
• unwilling
• uneager
• lackadaisical
• languorous
• lukewarm
• hesitant
• spiritless
• halfhearted
• averse
• loath
• loth
• disinclined
• loathe

wild

2 of 3

adverb

as in wildly

in a confused and reckless manner

as soon as the doors opened, early-morning bargain hunters ran wild through the store

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wildly
• frantically
• amuck
• uncontrollably
• desperately
• amok
• frenetically
• frenziedly
• madly
• harum-scarum
• hectically
• berserk
• berserkly
• crazily
• recklessly
• helter-skelter
• pell-mell
• confusedly
• riotously
• agitatedly
• haywire
• heedlessly
• tumultuously
• haphazard
• turbulently
• feverishly
• topsy-turvy
• wantonly
• haphazardly
• aimlessly
• skittishly
• chaotically
• hit or miss
• hotheadedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmly
• coolly
• peacefully
• serenely
• cooly
• unconcernedly
• placidly
• mildly
• imperturbably
• composedly
• orderly
• meekly
• tamely
• passively
• collectedly
• self-possessedly
• systematically
• self-composedly
• methodically

wild

3 of 3

noun

as in wilderness

that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation

some animals aren't meant to live outside of the wild

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wilderness
• desert
• outdoors
• country
• open
• out-of-doors
• open air
• nature
• bush
• frontier
• hinterland
• without
• sticks
• backwoods
• outside
• wasteland
• up-country
• barren
• badland
• waste

Examples of wild in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Murals range from wild animals playing guitars to wild cactuses and flamingos. —Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024

Smith starred as a tour guide of British stately homes, given to wild nonfactual embellishments, opposite Margaret Tyzack as a Preservation Trust employee who ultimately becomes her comrade in the crusade against ugly modern architecture. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024

Adverb

Even their currently available salmon was wild-caught off central California. —Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022

Five treatment rooms house regionally inspired treatments and products which feature natural, bloom-to-bottle ingredients, some of which have been grown or wild-harvested on-site. —Yola Robert, Forbes, 26 May 2022

Noun

Mike was rescued with his brothers Boo and Thor in 2011 after being orphaned in the Alaskan wild. —Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024

Wolf pups have a 50% chance of surviving their first year in the wild, and wolf managers say the chance of survival is the same for foster and wild-born pups. —Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024

Phrases Containing wild

• wild and woolly