wild

Plural: wilds

Noun

• An uninhabited, uncultivated, or natural area.
• a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
  • "he lived in the wild"
  • "they collected mushrooms in the wild"
• a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
  • "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
• The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
• A wilderness.
• Alternative form of weald.

Adjective

• Living in a natural state; untamed or uncontrolled.
• marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
  • "wild talk"
  • "wild parties"
• in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
  • "wild geese"
  • "edible wild plants"

Adjective Satellite

• in a state of extreme emotion
  • "wild with anger"
  • "wild with grief"
• deviating widely from an intended course
  • "a wild bullet"
  • "he threw a wild pitch"
• (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
  • "wild colors"
  • "wild shouts"
• without a basis in reason or fact
• talking or behaving irrationally
• involving risk or danger
  • "a wild financial scheme"
• fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
  • "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"
  • "a wild stretch of land"
• intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
• without civilizing influences; ; ; ; -Margaret Meade
  • "wild tribes"
• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

Adverb

• in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
• in a wild or undomesticated manner
  • "growing wild"
  • "roaming wild"

Adj

• Untamed; not domesticated.
• Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
• Untamed; not domesticated.
• Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
• From or relating to wild creatures.
• Unrestrained or uninhibited.
• Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
• Of unregulated and varying frequency.
• Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
• Furious; very angry.
• Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
• Enthusiastic.
• Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
• Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
• Hard to steer.
• Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
• Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
• Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
• Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
• Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.

Adv

• Inaccurately; not on target.
• Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.

Verb

• To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
• (In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way.

Examples

• a wild roadstead
• After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty.
• After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.
• Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! — Wow, that's wild!
• He ventured into the wild of the dictionary, searching for obscure words to play.
• Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party.
• His wild strategy of saving all high-value letters sometimes paid off, sometimes failed spectacularly.
• I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.
• I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.
• In this card game, aces are wild: they can take the place of any other card.
• In this region, the wild boars can be dangerous, but (perhaps counterintuitively) the feral hogs can be even worse.
• Let's record it wild.
• Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses, although there are many feral horses throughout the world.
• The aircraft's navigational equipment should not be powered from the wild AC bus except in an emergency, as its computers can be damaged by variations in electrical frequency.
• The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.
• The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.
• The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.
• wild honey

Synonyms

angry, barbarian, barbaric, baseless, crazy, dotty, fantastic, furious, gaga, godforsaken, groundless, hazardous, idle, natural state, raging, rampantly, raving mad, risky, savage, state of nature, tempestuous, uncivilised, uncivilized, unfounded, untamed, unwarranted, violent, waste, wilderness

Antonyms

tame

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