savage synonyms

savage

modif.

  1. Primitive

    uncivilized, barbaric, barbarian, crude, simple, original, primary, earliest, primordial, fundamental, aboriginal, pristine, ancient, archaic, rustic, primeval, native, natural, in a state of nature, unchanged.

    Antonyms civilized, advanced, sophisticated.

  2. Cruel

    barbarous, inhuman, brutal, brutish, ferine, feral, heartless, cold-blooded, destructive, blood-thirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary, murderous, atrocious, fierce, ferocious, furious, frantic, violent, raging, malicious, malignant, malevolent, ravening, infuriate, ravenous, rapacious, merciless, remorseless, ruthless, relentless, hellish, devilish, demoniac, diabolical, infernal; see also cruel 1, 2.

    Antonyms kind*, generous*, gentle. *

  3. Wild

    untamed, uncivilized, uncultured, uncultivated, untaught, primitive, unspoiled, rude, heathenish, pagan, ungoverned, unrestrained, turbulent.

    Antonyms tame*, broken*, civilized. See syn. study at barbarian.barbarian.

savage

n.

  1. Native

    aborigine, cannibal, troglodyte, barbarian, tribesman.

  2. Brute

    bully, ruffian, Yahoo, animal; see beast 2.

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