WILD
Dictionary entry overview: What does wild mean?
• WILD (noun)
The noun WILD has 2 senses:
1. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
2. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
Familiarity information: WILD used as a noun is rare.
• WILD (adjective)
The adjective WILD has 13 senses:
1. marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
2. in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
3. in a state of extreme emotion
4. deviating widely from an intended course
5. (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
6. without a basis in reason or fact
7. talking or behaving irrationally
8. involving risk or danger
9. extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
10. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
11. intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
12. without civilizing influences
13. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
Familiarity information: WILD used as an adjective is familiar.
• WILD (adverb)
The adverb WILD has 2 senses:
1. in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
2. in a wild or undomesticated manner
Familiarity information: WILD used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WILD (noun)
Meaning:
A wild primitive state untouched by civilization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
natural state; state of nature; wild
Context examples:
he lived in the wild / they collected mushrooms in the wild
Hypernyms ("wild" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild"):
crudeness; crudity; primitiveness; primitivism; rudeness (a wild or unrefined state)
Meaning:
A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
wild; wilderness
Context example:
it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
Hypernyms ("wild" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild"):
barren; waste; wasteland (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation)
bush (a large wilderness area)
frontier (a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country)
• WILD (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
Context examples:
wild talk / wild parties
Similar:
chaotic; disorderly (completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing)
delirious; excited; frantic; mad; unrestrained (marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion)
frenzied; manic (affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason)
unsubdued (not brought under control)
Also:
unquiet (characterized by unrest or disorder)
Antonym:
tame (very restrained or quiet)
Meaning:
In a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
Synonyms:
untamed; wild
Context examples:
wild geese / edible wild plants
Similar:
feral; ferine; savage (wild and menacing)
semi-wild (partially wild)
unbroken (not subdued or trained for service or use)
undomesticated (not domesticated)
Also:
intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)
Attribute:
wildness (an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature)
Antonym:
tame (brought from wildness into a domesticated state)
Meaning:
In a state of extreme emotion
Context examples:
wild with anger / wild with grief
Similar:
passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)
Meaning:
Deviating widely from an intended course
Context examples:
a wild bullet / he threw a wild pitch
Similar:
uncontrolled (not being under control; out of control)
Meaning:
(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
Synonyms:
violent; wild
Context examples:
a violent clash of colors / her dress was a violent red / a violent noise / wild colors / wild shouts
Similar:
intense (in an extreme degree)
Meaning:
Without a basis in reason or fact
Synonyms:
unfounded; groundless; baseless; idle; unwarranted; wild
Context examples:
baseless gossip / the allegations proved groundless / idle fears / unfounded suspicions / unwarranted jealousy
Similar:
unsupported (not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid)
Meaning:
Talking or behaving irrationally
Synonyms:
raving; raving mad; wild
Context example:
a raving lunatic
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Meaning:
Involving risk or danger
Synonyms:
risky; hazardous; wild
Context examples:
skydiving is a hazardous sport / extremely risky going out in the tide and fog / a wild financial scheme
Similar:
dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)
Meaning:
Extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
Synonyms:
fantastic; wild
Context example:
a fantastic idea of his own importance
Similar:
unrealistic (not realistic)
Meaning:
Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
Synonyms:
desert; godforsaken; waste; wild
Context examples:
a desert island / a godforsaken wilderness crossroads / a wild stretch of land / waste places
Similar:
inhospitable (unfavorable to life or growth)
Meaning:
Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
Synonyms:
crazy; wild
Context example:
crazy about cars and racing
Similar:
enthusiastic (having or showing great excitement and interest)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Without civilizing influences
Synonyms:
uncivilized; uncivilised; barbaric; barbarian; savage; wild
Context examples:
barbarian invaders / barbaric practices / a savage people / fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient / wild tribes
Similar:
noncivilised; noncivilized (not having a high state of culture and social development)
Meaning:
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
Synonyms:
angry; tempestuous; raging; furious; wild
Context examples:
angry clouds on the horizon / furious winds / the raging sea
Similar:
stormy ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion)
• WILD (adverb)
Meaning:
In an uncontrolled and rampant manner
Synonyms:
rampantly; wild
Context example:
weeds grew rampantly around here
Meaning:
In a wild or undomesticated manner
Context examples:
growing wild / roaming wild
Pertainym:
wild (in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated)
