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Definitions for Savage

[1] fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
[2] uncivilized; barbarous: savage tribes.
[3] enraged or furiously angry, as a person.
[4] unpolished; rude: savage manners.
[5] wild or rugged, as country or scenery: savage wilderness.
[6] Archaic . uncultivated; growing wild.
[7] an uncivilized human being.
[8] a fierce, brutal, or cruel person.
[9] a rude, boorish person.
[10] a member of a preliterate society.
[11] to assault and maul by biting, rending, goring, etc.; tear at or mutilate: numerous sheep savaged by dogs.
[12] to attack or criticize thoroughly or remorselessly; excoriate: a play savaged by the critics.
[13] Michael Joseph, 1872–1940, New Zealand statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1935–40.
[14] Richard, 1697?–1743, English poet.
[15] wild; untamed savage beasts of the jungle
[16] ferocious in temper; vicious a savage dog
[17] uncivilized; crude savage behaviour
[18] (of peoples) nonliterate or primitive a savage tribe
[19] (of terrain) rugged and uncultivated
[20] obsolete far from human habitation
[21] a member of a nonliterate society, esp one regarded as primitive
[22] a crude or uncivilized person
[23] a fierce or vicious person or animal
[24] to criticize violently
[25] to attack ferociously and wound the dog savaged the child
[26] Michael Joseph. 1872-1940, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1935-40)

Words related to Savage

ferocious, harsh, turbulent, vicious, brutal, crude, barbaric, fierce, unrelenting, barbarous, murderous, ruthless, atrocious, inhuman, bloody, violent, cold-blooded, sadistic, destructive, relentless

Words nearby Savage

sauve qui peut, sauvignon, sauvignon blanc, sav, sava, savage, savage's station, savagery, savagism, savaii, savanna

Origin of Savage

1250–1300; Middle English savage, sauvage (adj.) < Middle French sauvage, salvage < Medieval Latin salvāticus, for Latin silvāticus, equivalent to silv(a ) woods + -āticus adj. suffix

Other words from Savage

sav·age·ly , adverb
sav·age·ness , noun
half-sav·age , adjective
half-sav·age·ly , adverb
pre·sav·age , adjective
qua·si-sav·age , adjective
qua·si-sav·age·ly , adverb
sem·i·sav·age , adjective
sem·i·sav·age , noun
un·sav·age , adjective
un·sav·age·ly , adverb
un·sav·age·ness , noun

Word origin for Savage

C13: from Old French sauvage, from Latin silvāticus belonging to a wood, from silva a wood

Synonyms for Savage

barbaric, brutal, crude, ferocious, fierce, harsh, turbulent, vicious, aboriginal, ancient, barbarian, brute, first, fundamental, lupine, native, natural, original, primary, primitive, rough, rustic, simple, archaic, bestial, earliest, feral, in a state of nature, nonliterate, primeval, primordial, pristine, rude, rugged, unbroken, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, undomesticated, unmodified, unrestrained, unspoiled