Synonyms 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.

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

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

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1. savage

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

   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

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1. savage, barbariannoun

   a member of an uncivilized people

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

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

2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcatadjective

   a cruelly rapacious person

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

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

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"

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, savage, 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

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

4. feral, ferine, savageadjective

   wild and menacing

   "a pack of feral dogs"

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

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

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"

   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, savage, fantastic, groundless, feral, vicious, crazy, raving mad, barbarian, barbaric, furious, unwarranted, barbarous

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

6. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageverb

   marked by extreme and violent energy

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

   Synonyms:
   angered, rough, trigger-happy, uncivilized, savage, 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

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

7. savageverb

   attack brutally and fiercely

   Synonyms:
   pillory, crucify, blast

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

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"

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

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

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1. • Assail
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1. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncultivated (as a forest), wild, rough, sylvan

2. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncivilized (like an inhabitant of the woods), untaught, rude, barbarous, unpolished, bearish

3. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   untamed, fierce, ferocious, rapacious, ravenous, ferine, sanguinary, blood-thirsty

4. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   inhuman, brutal, brutish, brute, cruel, fell, remorseless, pitiless, unmerciful, ruthless, merciless, heathenish, relentless, hard-hearted, sanguinary, bloody, vandalic

5. savagenoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarian

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "savage":

   wild, brutal, barbaric, sauvage, cruel, barbarous, ruthless, wilderness, savagery, brutality, wild-type, ferocious, unbridled, fierce, feral, uncontrolled

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1. List of known nicknames for "Savage":

   D. Savelio, Demi Savelio, Demetrius Savelio

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1. Alley Mills:

   When we shot the series finale…nobody knew whether or not ‘The Wonder Years’ was going to be renewed. And that’s because of a completely ridiculous sexual harassment suit that was going on against Fred Savage — who is like, the least offensive, most wonderful, sweet human being that ever walked the face of the Earth.

2. James Fenimore Cooper:

   Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.

3. John Kasich:

   It just reflects the dysfunction in Washington, where people cannot even honor somebody who has dedicated their life to public service... He built the largest Republican majority in modern time... I guess no good deed goes undone or unpunished because some of the most savage attacks on him come from Republicans.

4. Paul Valéry:

   Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of having trusted and been fooled, of being the helpless prey of impotent rage, blind surrender, the victim of a savage, ruthless power that gives and takes away, enlists a man, and crowning injury inflicts upon him the humiliation of feeling sorry for himself.

5. George Santayana:

   The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.