wild man
Uncivilized forest dweller
A wild man is someone who behaves in an unrestrained, reckless, or unconventional way: He was a wild man on the basketball court.
The term can suggest admiration for boldness or criticism of recklessness, depending on context.
Historically, the wild man was a mythical figure—a hairy, uncivilized creature living in the forest, appearing in medieval European folklore and heraldry.
State of being alone
- recluseOne choosing isolation
- anchoriteReligious recluse in enclosure
- eremiteReligious hermit
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
seclusion · withdrawal · isolation · off-grid · self-sufficient · secluded · solitary · cave dweller
Legendary North American ape-man
- cryptidUnproven legendary animal
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
mythical · sighting · creature · beast · monster · apeman · missing link · Neanderthal
Uncivilized, crude person
- brutishCruel and uncivilized
- berserkerFury-driven Norse combatant
- warriorOne skilled in combat
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
violent · untamed · ruthless · aggressive · ferocious · brute · raider · marauder
Not domesticated
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
- animalisticResembling brute nature
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- primitiveIn earliest form
wilderness · uninhibited · free-roaming · uncontrolled · unrestrained · beastly · predatory · hunter-gatherer
solitude
State of being alone
ascetic · seclusion · withdrawal · isolation · off-grid · self-sufficient · secluded · solitary · cave dweller · renunciate
Bigfoot
Legendary North American ape-man
- cryptidUnproven legendary animal
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
lore · mythical · sighting · creature · beast · monster · apeman · missing link · Neanderthal · caveman
barbarian
Uncivilized, crude person
fierce · violent · untamed · ruthless · aggressive · ferocious · brute · raider · marauder · plunderer
untamed
Not domesticated
- undomesticatedNot bred for captivity
- animalisticResembling brute nature
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
primitive · wilderness · uninhibited · free-roaming · uncontrolled · unrestrained · beastly · predatory · hunter-gatherer · foraging
pariah
Rejected, shunned person
misfit · marginalized · castaway · vagabond · drifter · nomad · wanderer · displaced · rejected · fugitive
- archetypeshero, villain, trickster, mentor, mother
- Bavarian FolkloreKrampus, kobold, nixie, mountain spirits, forest spirits
- GilgameshGilgamesh, Epic of Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim, Ishtar, immortality
- Sideshowfreak show, sideshow, bearded lady, fat lady, tattooed lady
- forest spiritsdryad, dryads, wood spirit, wood spirits, tree spirit
- hominidshuman, humans, chimpanzee, chimpanzees, gorilla
wild mangentleman
Courteous, honorable man
conformist · straight arrow · stuffed shirt · square · pillar of the community
wild mancity dweller
Urban area inhabitant
socialite · cosmopolitan · bourgeois · family man · suburbanite
wild manquiet type
Unassuming, reserved individual
introvert · wallflower · shrinking violet · mouse · milquetoast