- living or growing in its original, natural state and not normally domesticated or cultivated: wild flowers, wild animals
- not lived in or cultivated; overgrown, waste, etc.: wild land
- not civilized; savage: a wild tribe
- not easily restrained or regulated; not controlled or controllable; unruly, rough, lawless, etc.: wild children
- characterized by a lack of social or moral restraint; unbridled in pursuing pleasure; dissolute, orgiastic, etc.: a wild rake, a wild party
- violently disturbed; turbulent; stormy: a wild seacoast
- in a state of intense excitement; specif.,
- eager or enthusiastic, as with desire or anticipation: wild with delight
- angered, frenzied, frantic, crazed, etc.: wild with desperation
- in a state of disorder, disarrangement, confusion, etc.: wild hair
- fantastically impractical; visionary: a wild scheme
- showing a lack of sound judgment; reckless; imprudent: a wild wager
- based on little or no evidence: a wild guess
- going wide of the mark aimed at; missing the target: a wild swing in boxing
- Slang extraordinary; remarkable: a summer vacation that was really wild
- Card Games designated as having any rank or suit that a player holding it chooses: said of a particular card or any of a small group of cards: the dealer announced that deuces would be wild for the next hand
Origin of wild
Middle English wilde from OE, akin to German wild, probably from Indo-European base an unverified form wel-, shaggy hair, unkempt from source wool, vole in a wild manner; wildly; without aim or control: to shoot wild
[usually pl.] a wilderness or wasteland
wild Idioms
run wild
to grow, exist, or behave without control
the wild
the wilderness, nature, the out-of-doors, etc.
