wild

adjective

1)

wild animals

Syn:

untamed, undomesticated, feral; fierce, ferocious, savage, untamable

Ant:

tame

2)

wild flowers

Syn:

uncultivated, native, indigenous

Ant:

cultivated

3)

wild tribes

Syn:

primitive, uncivilized, uncultured; savage, barbarous, barbaric

Ant:

civilized

4)

wild country

Syn:

uninhabited, unpopulated, uncultivated; rugged, rough, inhospitable, desolate, barren

5)

wild weather

Syn:

stormy, squally, tempestuous, turbulent

Ant:

calm

6)

her wild black hair

Syn:

disheveled, tousled, tangled, windswept, untidy, unkempt, mussed up

Ant:

tidy

7)

wild behavior

Syn:

uncontrolled, unrestrained, out of control, undisciplined, unruly, rowdy, disorderly, riotous, corybantic

Ant:

self-disciplined, disciplined

8)

wild with excitement

Syn:

very excited, delirious, in a frenzy; tumultuous, passionate, vehement, unrestrained

Ant:

calm

9) informal

I was wild with jealousy

Syn:

distraught, frantic, beside oneself, in a frenzy, hysterical, deranged, berserk; informal mad, crazy

10) informal

Hank went wild when he found out

See furious 1)

11) informal

his family wasn't wild about me

Syn:

enamored of, (very) enthusiastic about, (very) keen on, infatuated with, smitten with; informal crazy about, blown away by, mad about, nuts about

Ant:

indifferent, unenthusiastic

12)

Bill's wild schemes

Syn:

madcap, ridiculous, ludicrous, foolish, rash, stupid, foolhardy, idiotic, absurd, silly, ill-considered, senseless, nonsensical; impractical, impracticable, unworkable; informal crazy, crackpot, cockeyed, harebrained, cockamamie, loopy

Ant:

sensible, practical

13)

a wild guess

Syn:

random, arbitrary, haphazard, hit-or-miss, uninformed

Ant:

considered

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- run wild