Dictionary Entry

savage

savage is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 15 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
2adjective
Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
3adjective
Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
4adjective
Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
5noun
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
6noun
A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
7transitive verb
To make savage.
8noun
a cruelly rapacious person
Synonyms
beast brute wildcat wolf
9noun
a member of an uncivilized people
Synonyms
barbarian
10verb
criticize harshly or violently
"The press savaged the new President"
"The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
Synonyms
blast crucify pillory
11verb
attack brutally and fiercely
12adjective
without civilizing influences-Margaret Meade
"barbarian invaders"
"barbaric practices"
Synonyms
barbarian barbaric uncivilized wild
13adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"a barbarous crime"
"brutal beatings"
Synonyms
barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod vicious
14adjective
wild and menacing
"a pack of feral dogs"
Synonyms
feral ferine
15adjective
marked by extreme and violent energy
"a ferocious beating"
"fierce fighting"
Synonyms
ferocious fierce furious

Synonyms

beast brute wildcat wolf barbarian blast crucify pillory barbaric uncivilized wild barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod vicious feral ferine ferocious fierce furious

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in savage:

agaves

Common word forms

savaged savager savages savagely savagest savaging savageness

Words from these letters

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