savage

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Synonyms: salvage, ravage, gavage, savate, scavage, lavage, pavage, sauvage, havage, sauage

Antonyms: salvage, ravage, gavage, savate, scavage, lavage, pavage, sauvage, havage, sauage

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. [[wild|Wild]]; not [[cultivated]] or [[tamed]].
2. [[barbaric|Barbaric]]; not [[civilized]].
3. [[primitive|Primitive]]; lacking complexity or sophistication.
4. [[fierce|Fierce]] and [[ferocious]].
5. [[brutal|Brutal]], [[vicious]]{{,}} or [[merciless]].
6. {{lb|en|slang}} Of an [[insult#Noun|insult]] or [[person#Noun|person]]: [[disrespectful#Adjective|disrespectful]], [[audacious#Adjective|audacious]], and either [[blunt]] or [[sarcastic]], in a [[hilarious#Adjective|hilarious]] way.
7. {{lb|en|UK|slang}} [[unpleasant|Unpleasant]] or [[unfair]].
8. {{lb|en|Ireland|US|slang}} [[great|Great]], [[brilliant]], [[amazing]].
9. {{lb|en|US|slang}} [[severe|Severe]], [[rude]], [[aggressive]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|historical|now|pejorative|}} A member of a [[traditional]], [[nonindustrialised]] society or [[indigenous]] tribe or other group, typically living closely with [[nature]] outside of the [[infrastructure]] of [[urbanized]] [[civilization]].
2. {{lb|en|figuratively}} An aggressively [[defiant]] person.
3. {{lb|en|slang}} Someone who speaks in an [[audacious]], [[hilarious]], and often [[sarcastic]] manner.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A wild and [[ferocious]] [[beast]].

Verb

1. To [[attack]] or [[assault]] someone or something [[ferociously]] or without [[restraint]].
2. {{lb|en|figuratively}} To [[criticise]] [[vehemently]].
3. {{lb|en|of an animal}} To [[attack]] with the [[teeth]].
4. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To make [[#Adjective|savage]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{place|en|unincorporated community/and/census-designated place|co/Howard County|s/Maryland}}.
3. {{place|en|suburban city|co/Scott County|s/Minnesota|;|suburb|city/Minneapolis}}.
4. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Tate County|s/Mississippi}}.
5. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Richland County|s/Montana}}.

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