Synonyms for fierce
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Princeton's WordNet(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ferocious, fierce, furious, savage(adj)

   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, barbaric, feral, cruel, enraged, vehement, maddened, ferocious, roughshod, tearing, boisterous, barbarian, uncivilised, bowelless, vicious, brutal, ferine, wild

   Antonyms:
   merciful, nonviolent, mild, calm

2. fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy(adj)

   marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

   "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

   Synonyms:
   red, wild, crimson, vehement, violent, savage, bowelless, furious, trigger-happy, cutthroat, boisterous, rough, ferocious, tearing

   Antonyms:
   mild, calm, merciful, nonviolent

3. cutthroat, fierce, bowelless(adj)

   ruthless in competition

   "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"

   Synonyms:
   rough, vehement, violent, savage, bowelless, furious, trigger-happy, cutthroat, boisterous, ferocious, tearing

   Antonyms:
   calm, mild, merciful, nonviolent

4. boisterous, fierce, rough(adj)

   violently agitated and turbulent

   "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

   Synonyms:
   pugnacious, approximative, rough, trigger-happy, unsmooth, robustious, violent, boisterous, bowelless, scratchy, ferocious, knockabout, uncut, jumpy, rocky, harsh, gravelly, approximate, cutthroat, vehement, rambunctious, rumbustious, jolting, unruly, jolty, rasping, bumpy, tearing, raspy, savage, furious, crude, grating

   Antonyms:
   mild, nonviolent, calm, merciful

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. fierce

   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:
   ferocious, fiery, furious, impetuous, raging, savage, uncultivated, untrained, violent, wild

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. fierce

   Synonyms:
   wild, savage, violent, raging, fiery, furious, impetuous, ferocious

   Antonyms:
   mild, tame, docile, harmless, calm, gentle

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fierce(a.)

   Synonyms:
   savage, ferocious, ravenous, furious, infuriate, barbarous, fell

2. fierce(a.)

   Synonyms:
   violent, vehement, impetuous, fiery, passionate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fierce(a)

   Synonyms:
   violent, unrestrained, furious, immoderate, impetuous, vehement, passionate, ferocious, fiery, mettlesome

   Antonyms:
   tame, gentle, docile

PPDB, the paraphrase database(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "fierce":

   ferocious, violent, intense, heated, pitched, vicious, stiff, keen, tough, vehement, savage, cut-throat, severe, heavy, bitter, drastic, strong, harsh, virulent, sharp

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How to use fierce in a sentence?

1. Benny Tai:

   Hong Kong has entered a harsh winter, the wind is blowing fierce and cold.

2. Kazushige Kobayashi:

   Private equity firms have better chances for success in the food and restaurant sectors in Japan, these industries are fragmented so competition is not fierce. Lots of smaller companies means lots of opportunities for M&As, which will help each company to grow.

3. Elvis Picardo:

   There is just this overwhelming sense of bearishness that's got a fierce hold on the market, in Canada the news hasn't been too encouraging as you've seen from the earnings that have come out today.

4. Pete Buttigieg:

   I don't think we can allow ourselves to get to the point where it feels like fighting is the point, politics may be fierce sometimes but it's not just about combat.

5. Don Marquis:

   A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

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