untame
Not yet domesticated
Untame means wild or not domesticated—the opposite of tame.
It describes animals that haven't been trained to live with humans, or figuratively, people or things that remain uncontrolled or unrestrained: an untame spirit, untame wilderness.
The word is uncommon; wild or untamed typically serve the same purpose.
Not bred for captivity
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- strayWander from course
- savageFierce and untamed
- beastlySavagely cruel or unpleasant
predatory · animalistic · brutish · roaming · untrained · uncaged · unbridled · instinctual
Violently agitated or disturbed
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- disorderlyNot arranged neatly
- anarchicWithout governing structure
uncontrolled · tempestuous · volatile · tumultuous · rampant · unbridled · frenzied · untethered
To release from restraint
free · emancipate · unchain · uncage · let loose · set free · break free · unharness
Openly resisting control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- mutinousDisposed to revolt
revolutionary · subversive · iconoclastic · radical · renegade · insurgent · disobedient · contrary
Pure and untouched
- untouchedNot contacted or affected
- virginOne sexually inexperienced
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
- unconqueredNever overcome or subdued
jungle · savanna · tundra · wetlands · backcountry · outback · frontier · uncharted
undomesticated
Not bred for captivity
beastly · predatory · animalistic · brutish · roaming · untrained · uncaged · unbridled · instinctual · primal
turbulent
Violently agitated or disturbed
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- disorderlyNot arranged neatly
anarchic · uncontrolled · tempestuous · volatile · tumultuous · rampant · unbridled · frenzied · untethered · unchecked
unleash
To release from restraint
unbind · free · emancipate · unchain · uncage · let loose · set free · break free · unharness · untether
defiant
Openly resisting control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
mutinous · revolutionary · subversive · iconoclastic · radical · renegade · insurgent · disobedient · contrary · resistant
pristine
Pure and untouched
- untouchedNot contacted or affected
- virginOne sexually inexperienced
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
unconquered · jungle · savanna · tundra · wetlands · backcountry · outback · frontier · uncharted · unexplored
- untamed wildernessUnmanaged natural terrain
- untamed beautyAttractiveness in raw form