savage
Wild and vicious
Savage means wild, fierce, or untamed.
A savage attack is brutal and unrestrained.
Savage criticism is harsh and unsparing.
As a noun, savage was historically applied to indigenous peoples by colonizers—a usage now recognized as dehumanizing and offensive.
In contemporary slang, savage describes someone admirably bold or ruthless: That comeback was savage.
To savage is to attack ferociously: Critics savaged the film.
Uncivilized, crude person
- primitiveIn earliest form
- tribalOf a clan
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
- barbarousSavagely cruel, uncivilized
wild · untamed · lawless · warlike · plundering · raiding · marauding · pillaging
Cruelly aggressive in nature
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
bloodthirsty · relentless · pitiless · violent · ferocity · mauling · attack · predatory
Cruel, violent person
- beastLarge wild animal
- animalMulticellular motile organism
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- barbarianUncivilized, crude person
lowlife · thug · villain · fiend · devil · scoundrel · wretch · cretin
Savagely harsh or severe
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- epicImpressively grand in scope
killer · vicious · gnarly · hardcore · intense · fierce · fire · lit
Innate behavioral tendency
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- hunter-gathererPre-farming subsistence lifestyle
- cavemanPrehistoric cave-dwelling human
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
stone-age · survival · ancestral · feral · animalistic · raw · primordial · atavistic
Not domesticated
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
- feralWild after domestication
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
free · unbridled · fierce · dangerous · rugged · harsh · inhospitable · desolate
barbarian
Uncivilized, crude person
barbarous · wild · untamed · lawless · warlike · plundering · raiding · marauding · pillaging · conquest
vicious
Cruelly aggressive in nature
ruthless · bloodthirsty · relentless · pitiless · violent · ferocity · mauling · attack · predatory · unrelenting
brute
Cruel, violent person
barbarian · lowlife · thug · villain · fiend · devil · scoundrel · wretch · cretin · ogre
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- devastatingCausing severe damage
epic · killer · vicious · gnarly · hardcore · intense · fierce · fire · lit · cold
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- hunter-gathererPre-farming subsistence lifestyle
- cavemanPrehistoric cave-dwelling human
paleolithic · stone-age · survival · ancestral · feral · animalistic · raw · primordial · atavistic · visceral
untamed
Not domesticated
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
- feralWild after domestication
unbroken · free · unbridled · fierce · dangerous · rugged · harsh · inhospitable · desolate · remote
heartless
Lacking pity or mercy
cold-blooded · malicious · vicious · harsh · inhumane · brutish · malevolent · nasty · spiteful · fiendish
attack
Aggressive act against another
destroy · devastate · criticize · pan · slam · trash · eviscerate · lambaste · excoriate
- fiercebrutal, violent, ferocious, fierce, vicious
- Irish Slangcraic, eejit, gobshite, banjaxed, slagging
- cold-heartedcallous, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- disparagementdefame, denigrate, disparage, malign, slander
- Neologismsselfie, blog, vlog, podcast, hashtag
- savage beast
- turns savage
- savage beauty
- 21 SavageBritish-born rapper
- Savage GardenLate-90s Australian pop act
- noble savageIdealized primitive innocence
savagery, savagely, savages, savaged, savaging, savageness, savageries