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Adjective wild has 11 senses
- wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild parties"
Antonyms: tame, subdued
- wild, untamed - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"
Antonyms: tame, broken, broken in, docile, gentle, domestic, domesticated, cultivated, tamed
- wild - in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief"
Antonym: passionless (indirect, via passionate)
- wild - deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "a wild pitch"
Antonym: controlled (indirect, via uncontrolled)
- violent, wild - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
- wild - not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfield
Antonym: controlled (indirect, via uncontrolled)
- raving, raving mad, wild - talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic"
Antonym: sane (indirect, via insane)
- wild, spontaneous - produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild strawberries"
Antonym: planted (indirect, via unplanted)
- desert, godforsaken, waste, wild - located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
Antonym: hospitable (indirect, via inhospitable)
- barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild - 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"
Antonyms: civilized, civilised (indirect, via noncivilized)
- angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
Antonym: calm (indirect, via stormy)
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