a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; |
2. | Wild; untamed; uncultivated; | |
3. | Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; | |
4. | Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; | |
n. | 1. | A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners. |
2. | A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian. | |
v. t. | 1. | To make savage. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: barbarian |
2. | savage - a cruelly rapacious person | |
Verb | 1. | savage - attack brutally and fiercely |
2. | savage - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" | |
Adj. | 1. | savage - (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" |
2. | savage - wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog" | |
3. | savage - 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" | |
4. | savage - marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" |