Definitions of savage [ˈsæv ɪdʒ]

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Definition of 'savage'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) savage
fierce or ferocious; wild; untamed.

2.  savage
uncivilized; barbarous.

3.  savage
enraged or furiously angry.

4.  savage
rugged or uncultivated, as country or scenery.

5. (n.) savage
an uncivilized human being.

6.  savage
a fierce, brutal, or cruel person.

7.  savage
a rude, boorish person.

8. (v.t.) savage
to assault and maul brutally.

9.  savage
to criticize remorselessly.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME savage, sauvage (adj.) < MF sauvage, salvage < ML salvāticus, for L silvāticus of woodlands =silv(a) forest +-āticus adj. suffix)

Definition of 'savage'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) savage, barbarian
a member of an uncivilized people

2. (adj) beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
a cruelly rapacious person

3. (adj) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

4. (adj) feral, ferine, savage
wild and menacing
"a pack of feral dogs"

5. (adj) 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"

6. (verb) ferocious, fierce, furious, savage
marked by extreme and violent energy
"a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

7. (verb) savage
attack brutally and fiercely

8. (verb) savage, blast, pillory, crucify
criticize harshly or violently
"The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

Definition of 'savage'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) savage
violent and cruel
a savage beating; a child savagely attacked by a dog

Definition of 'savage'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) savage
of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness

2. (adj) savage
wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts

3. (adj) savage
uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners

4. (adj) savage
characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit

5. (noun) savage
a human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners

6. (noun) savage
a man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian

7. (verb) savage
to make savage

Translation of 'savage'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: uncivilized savage tribes.
Afrikaans: onbeskaaf	Arabic: مُتَوَحِّش، غَيْر مُتَحَض	Bulgarian: див
Brazilian: selvagem	Czech: primitivní	German: wild
Danish: vild	Greek: άγριος, απολίτιστος	Spanish: salvaje
Estonian: metsik	Farsi: وحشي	Finnish: alkukantainen
French: primitif	Hebrew: פִּרימִיטִיבִי	Hindi: असभ्य
Croatian: divlji, surov	Hungarian: vad, barbár	Indonesian: biadab
Icelandic: villtur	Italian: selvaggio	Japanese: 未開の
Korean: 야만적인	Lithuanian: laukinis	Latvian: mežonīgs
Malay: tidak bertamadun	Dutch: wild	Norwegian: vill, usivilisert
Polish: dziki	Persian: وحشي	Pashto: ترند سارانى، وحشى، غير مد
Portuguese: selvagem	Romanian: primitiv	Russian: дикий
Slovak: primitívny	Slovenian: divji	Serbian: divlji
Swedish: vild, ociviliserad	Thai: ไม่เจริญ; ไม่มีวัฒนธรรม	Turkish: vahşî, ilkel
Taiwanese: 原始的，野蠻的	Ukrainian: дикий; первісний	Urdu: وحشی، خونخوار
Vietnamese: hoang dã, hung dữ	Chinese: 原始的，野蛮的
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