Antonyms for savage
ˈsæv ɪdʒsav·age

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1. savage

   Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.

   Antonyms:
   civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

   Synonyms:
   atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

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1. savage

   Antonyms:
   mild, docile, domesticated, tame, tractable, meek, timid, shrinking, cultivated, tamed, taught, civilized, educated, refined, christianized, polished, humane, generous, chivalrous, merciful, clement, forbearing, courtly, subdued, self-controlled

   Synonyms:
   ferocious, ferine, wild, uncultivated, untamed, untaught, uncivilized, unpolished, rude, brutish, brutal, heathenish, barbarous, cruel, fierce, inhuman, truculent, pitiless, merciless, murderous, violent, malevolent

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. savage, barbariannoun

   a member of an uncivilized people

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, tamed, civilized, civilised, humane, tame

   Synonyms:
   tyke, peasant, brute, wildcat, barbarian, beast, wolf, churl, boor, tike

2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcatadjective

   a cruelly rapacious person

   Antonyms:
   civilised, tame, nonviolent, civilized, humane, tamed

   Synonyms:
   wildcat well, masher, skirt chaser, fauna, animal, animate being, beast, wildcat, brute, woman chaser, wolf, barbarian, creature

3. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

   (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

   Antonyms:
   humane, tamed, civilized, nonviolent, tame, civilised

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

4. feral, ferine, savageadjective

   wild and menacing

   "a pack of feral dogs"

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, civilised, humane, tame, civilized, tamed

   Synonyms:
   wild, fierce, fell, furious, roughshod, barbaric, feral, cruel, barbarous, vicious, ferocious, barbarian, uncivilized, uncivilised, brutal, ferine

5. barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wildadjective

   without civilizing influences

   "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

   Antonyms:
   tame, tamed, nonviolent, civilized, civilised, humane

   Synonyms:
   raging, brutal, gaga, violent, dotty, untamed, unfounded, ferocious, fierce, cruel, tempestuous, fell, roughshod, ferine, godforsaken, uncivilised, hazardous, uncivilized, waste, baseless, risky, angry, idle, wild, fantastic, groundless, feral, vicious, crazy, raving mad, barbarian, barbaric, furious, unwarranted, barbarous

6. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageverb

   marked by extreme and violent energy

   "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, civilised, tamed, civilized, tame, humane

   Synonyms:
   angered, rough, trigger-happy, uncivilized, barbarous, angry, cutthroat, infuriated, tempestuous, furious, raging, violent, fell, fierce, barbaric, feral, cruel, enraged, vehement, maddened, ferocious, roughshod, tearing, boisterous, barbarian, uncivilised, bowelless, vicious, brutal, ferine, wild

7. savageverb

   attack brutally and fiercely

   Antonyms:
   civilised, humane, civilized, tamed, nonviolent, tame

   Synonyms:
   pillory, crucify, blast

8. savage, blast, pillory, crucifyverb

   criticize harshly or violently

   "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, tamed, tame, civilised, humane, civilized

   Synonyms:
   crucify, dun, bedevil, subdue, gibbet, shoot, blare, pillory, nail, mortify, rag, boom, knock down, frustrate, shell, torment, blast, smash

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1. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncivilized, barbarous, ferocious, ravenous, fierce, untamed, brutal, fell, truculent, implacable, atrocious, ferocious, inhuman

2. savagenoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarian, cannibal

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. mirage

   savage is a synonym of mirage

   this girl is such a savage!

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use savage in a sentence?

1. William Ewart Gladstone:

   Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.

2. Bartlett CEO:

   Partnering with Savage makes sense logistically and strategically.

3. Manly P. Hall:

   Secret Societies have existed among all peoples, savage and civilized, since the beginning of recorded history... It is beyond question that the secret societies of all ages have exercised a considerable degree of political influence.

4. Thomas Huxley:

   Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.

5. George Saintsbury:

   Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that humor excites in those who lack it.

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