savage - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a cruelly rapacious person

Synonyms

• beast
• brute
• savage
• wildcat
• wolf

More generic

• aggressor
• assailant
• assaulter
• attacker

Noun

a member of an uncivilized people

Synonyms

• barbarian
• savage

More generic

• primitive
• primitive person

More specific

• Vandal
• anthropophagite
• anthropophagus
• cannibal
• head-shrinker
• headhunter
• hunter-gatherer
• man-eater

Verb

criticize harshly or violently

Synonyms

• blast
• crucify
• pillory
• savage

More generic

• criticise
• criticize
• knock
• pick apart

Verb

attack brutally and fiercely

Synonyms

• savage

More generic

• assail
• assault
• attack
• set on

Adjective

without civilizing influences

Synonyms

• barbarian
• barbaric
• savage
• uncivilised
• uncivilized
• wild

Related

• noncivilised
• noncivilized

Adjective

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

Synonyms

• barbarous
• brutal
• cruel
• fell
• roughshod
• savage
• vicious

Related

• inhumane

Adjective

wild and menacing

Synonyms

• feral
• ferine
• savage

Related

• untamed
• wild

Adjective

marked by extreme and violent energy

Synonyms

• ferocious
• fierce
• furious
• savage

Related

• violent

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