WILDISH Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

wildish

adjective

Definition of wildish

as in untamed

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Beyond the conventional routes lie some of the world’s most striking volcanic highlands, black-sand beaches, and untamed wilderness—landscapes that reward those willing to venture farther afield.

— Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
Milagros Pica Quiñones’ small concrete home is an untamed menagerie of bottles, paint buckets, bleach and laundry detergent jugs.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of untamed

Adjective

After that feral beginning, the rest of the album is mostly contemplative, wistful, and understated, amid cascading guitars and various sounds that are at times acoustic or gently swirling.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
And while Shaq stalking pigs in the dark makes for entertaining content, knocking down feral hogs in Texas is also doing landowners a favor.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of feral

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With how the current postseason schedule is set up, the Jays could get through a wild-card round and five-game series with just three starters.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Inspired by real events, the six-parter centers on the first criminal investigation in Spain into the killing of a wild animal, following the death of bear Cachou in the Pyrenees’ Aran Valley in 2020.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of wild

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Bryan Singer’s ingenious thriller is both a graceful callback to ’50s potboilers and a savage modernization of them.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Cole, who has to maneuver his way around 20 savage crew members, each of whom will need to be killed, doesn’t waste a homicidal movement.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of savage

Adjective

The dogs that do survive outdoors in Redland later reproduce, which means scores of loose, untrained, undomesticated dogs.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Listen to this article Police are investigating after more than 70 animals — many of them undomesticated — were found dead at a home in Old Saybrook.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025

Definition of undomesticated

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