WILDNESS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

wildness

noun

Definition of wildness

as in recklessness

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Recent Examples of wildness That connection to the wildness of the lake can’t help but change you, Schatz says, and at some point becomes more than a visual touchstone. — Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 There was a wildness in it, something animal that had slipped free. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 25 July 2026 Until, that is, the play’s rather retrograde climax, when the playwright’s provocateur wildness goes limp. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 Instead, cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema’s lens emphasizes the wildness of the landscape in a way that suggests how tentative civilization’s hold on this place is. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026 Salonen guided the Colburn Orchestra with flexible authority, imposing order or inciting wildness as the moment required. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 The heat, the sunlight, the wildness of the landscape immediately locked me into the Greek atmosphere of the book. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 16 June 2026 Like American Prairie’s bison, their management also reflects a vision of restoring wildness to the landscape through private land conservation. — The Conversation, 4 June 2026 But for all its wildness, there is tremendous control; Elliott is a gifted and thrilling writer. — Literary Hub, 2 June 2026

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Bates was charged in Lake Superior Court with a felony count of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness and a misdemeanor count of public intoxication.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Shrum has been charged with battery by means of a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of recklessness

Noun

It gets filed alongside carelessness, disorganization and not really trying, and the people who display it often apologize for it as though they’d been caught slacking.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Either this is an issue of carelessness or a lack of communication between you and the cleaning service.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of carelessness

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