Synonyms for ferocious
fəˈroʊ ʃəsfe·ro·cious

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1. ferociousadjective

   Synonyms:
   fierce

2. ferociousadjective

   Marked by extreme and violent energy.

   Synonyms:
   fierce

3. ferociousadjective

   Extreme or intense.

   Synonyms:
   fierce

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ferocious

   Fierce signifies having a furious and cruel nature, or being in a furious and cruel mood, more commonly the latter. It applies to that which is now intensely excited, or liable to intense and sudden excitement. Ferocious refers to a state or disposition; that which is fierce flashes or blazes; that which is ferocious steadily burns; we speak of a ferocious animal, a fierce passion. A fiery spirit with a good disposition is quickly excitable in a good cause, but may not be fierce or ferocious. Savage signifies untrained, uncultivated. Ferocious always denotes a tendency to violence; it is more distinctly bloodthirsty than the other words; a person may be deeply, intensely cruel, and not at all ferocious; a ferocious countenance expresses habitual ferocity; a fierce countenance may express habitual fierceness, or only the sudden anger of the moment. That which is wild is simply unrestrained; the word may imply no anger or harshness; as, wild delight, wild alarm.

   Synonyms:
   fierce, fiery, furious, impetuous, raging, savage, uncultivated, untrained, violent, wild

   Antonyms:
   affectionate, docile, gentle, harmless, kind, mild, patient, peaceful, submissive, sweet, tame, tender

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageadjective

   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, roughshod, tearing, boisterous, barbarian, uncivilised, bowelless, vicious, brutal, ferine, wild

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ferociousadjective

   Synonyms:
   untamed (like a wild beast), savage, fierce, wild, ravenous, rapacious, ferine

2. ferociousadjective

   Synonyms:
   barbarous, cruel, inhuman, brutal, fell, ruthless, relentless, merciless, pitiless, sanguinary, bloody, vandalic

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1. ferociousadjective

   Synonyms:
   rapacious, ravenous, truculent, fell, savage

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1. List of paraphrases for "ferocious":

   fierce, brutal, savage, vicious

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How to use ferocious in a sentence?

1. Mahmoud Abbas:

   Today is one of the most ferocious days our people have seen, before we were suffering from illegal Israeli settlements. Now it's another illegal settlement by the Israel and the United States.

2. Michael Kugelman:

   These high turnover issues increase the possibility that when U.S.-led forces leave Afghanistan for good, whenever that is, they will be leaving Afghan forces unable to fend off a still-ferocious insurgency.

3. Jarrett Maupin:

   He was totally compliant, submissive even still not enough to save him from the ferocious violence of the police department.

4. Seth Rogen:

   I really always worked hard, because I recognized from a pretty young age it was one of the only things I could control, i remember I did karate as a kid, at the Jewish Community Center, and when I started I was the worst in the class, I was the worst of 25 Jewish kids who were afraid of getting picked on. And then just because everyone else quit, three years later I was at the top of the class, and there were 25 Jewish kids who were worse than me. And that was always tangible : Just by not stopping I became the best one. It wasn't this, like, ferocious leap. I just kept going, and slowly [ other ] people stopped. Because a lot of people will stop.

5. Fox News:

   Williams wrote about current and past racial tensions in America reflected through Walter Williams teenage years in a housing project in Northern Philadelphia. News of Walter Williams death promptedwords of grief from several prominent Republicans. Walter Williams was legendary, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote. Walter Williams was brilliant, incisive, witty, and profound. I grew up reading Walter Williams, and Walter Williams was a ferocious defender of free markets and a powerful explainer of the virtues of Liberty.