WILD Synonyms: 441 Similar and Opposite Words

wild 1 of 3

adjective

ˈwī(-ə)ld

as in feral

living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans wild animals can be shy or aggressive when confronted by humans

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as in uninhabited

existing without human habitation or cultivation that land has been completely wild since the owners abandoned it

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as in turbulent

marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements a wild night, full of wind and rain

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as in bizarre

conceived or made without regard for reason or reality some wild claim that he was abducted by aliens

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as in strange

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion public speakers in the park typically spout some wild ideas

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as in frantic

marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity the holidays were especially wild around here this year

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as in barbarian

not civilized ancient traces of a wild people who lived in mountain caves

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as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest they're just wild to go on the ecotour through the Amazon rain forest

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wild

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adverb

as in wildly

in a confused and reckless manner as soon as the doors opened, early-morning bargain hunters ran wild through the store

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wild

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noun

as in wilderness

that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation some animals aren't meant to live outside of the wild

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Adjective

This is a more wild, remote section of the trail with more technical sections that require you to watch your footing over rocky coasts, sandy beaches, and wetlands. —

Madeline Weinfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2024 Guests eventually took their places around a long table with decanters neatly lined up and reflecting the flickering light dozens of candles, to tuck into a menu of mousseline brioche, sliced wild sea bass with lime leaf and turbot roasted with chives — or beef Wellington — and chocolate entremet. —

Lily Templeton, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024

Adverb

Even their currently available salmon was wild-caught off central California. —

Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022 Five treatment rooms house regionally inspired treatments and products which feature natural, bloom-to-bottle ingredients, some of which have been grown or wild-harvested on-site. —

Yola Robert, Forbes, 26 May 2022

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For the high rollers, there’s a deluxe pork-and-truffle option, at twenty-eight dollars for a mere five dumplings but worthy of the price, with huge slices of black truffle slipped inside the wrapper with the meat, making the whole package earthy and wild. —

Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024 Playwright Annie Baker’s first film is an intensely personal, hyper-specific wonder about a young girl growing up in the shadow and protective shade of her single mother in the hippie wilds of northwestern Massachusetts. —

Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wild

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