What does Savage mean?
Definitions for Savage
ˈsæv ɪdʒsav·age
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Savage.
Princeton's WordNet
savage, barbariannoun
a member of an uncivilized people
beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcatadjective
a cruelly rapacious person
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective
(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"
feral, ferine, savageadjective
wild and menacing
"a pack of feral dogs"
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wildadjective
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"
ferocious, fierce, furious, savageverb
marked by extreme and violent energy
"a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
savageverb
attack brutally and fiercely
savage, blast, pillory, crucifyverb
criticize harshly or violently
"The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
Wiktionary
savagenoun
An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
savagenoun
A defiant person.
savageverb
To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
savageverb
To criticise vehemently.
His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
savageverb
To attack with the teeth
savageadjective
wild; not cultivated
savageadjective
barbaric; not civilized
savageadjective
fierce and ferocious
savageadjective
brutal, vicious or merciless
The woman was killed in a savage manner.
savageadjective
unpleasant or unfair
Etymology: From sauvage, salvage, from salvaticus, alteration of silvaticus, from silva.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SAVAGEadjective
Etymology: sauvage, French; selvaggio, Italian.
These godlike virtues wherefore do’st thou hide,
Affecting private life, or more obscure
In savage wilderness? John Milton.Cornels, and savage berries of the wood,
And roots and herbs, have been my meagre food. Dryden.Chain me to some steepy mountain’s top,
Where roaring bears and savage lions roam. William Shakespeare.Tyrants no more their savage nature kept,
And foes to virtue wonder’d how they wept. Alexander Pope.Hence with your little ones:
To fright you thus, methinks, I am too savage;
To do worse to you, were fell cruelty. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Thus people lived altogether a savage life, ’till Saturn, arriving on those coasts, devised laws to govern them by. Walter Raleigh.
The savage clamour drown’d
Both harp and voice. John Milton.A herd of wild beasts on the mountains, or a savage drove of men in caves, might be so disordered; but never a peculiar people. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.
Savagenoun
A man untaught and uncivilized; a barbarian.
Etymology: from the adjective.
Long after these times were they but savages. Walter Raleigh.
The seditious lived by rapine and ruin of all the country, omitting nothing of that which savages, enraged in the height of their unruly behaviour, do commit. John Hayward.
To deprive us of metals is to make us mere savages; to change our corn for the old Arcadian diet, our houses and cities for dens and caves, and our clothing for skins of beasts: ’tis to bereave us of all arts and sciences, nay, of revealed religion. Richard Bentley.
To Savageverb
To make barbarous, wild, or cruel. A word not well authorised.
Etymology: from the noun.
Friends, relations, love himself,
Savag’d by woe, forget the tender tie. James Thomson.
ChatGPT
savage
The term "savage" generally refers to a person or behavior that is fierce, uncivilized, or lacking in cultural refinement. It can be used to describe someone or something that is wild, brutal, or primitive in nature.
Webster Dictionary
Savageadjective
of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness
Savageadjective
wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts
Savageadjective
uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners
Savageadjective
characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit
Savagenoun
a human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners
Savagenoun
a man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian
Savageverb
to make savage
Wikidata
Savage
Demetrius Savelio, better known by his stage name Savage, is a New Zealander rapper of Samoan descent, and a former member of hip hop group the Deceptikonz. In 2009, he became the first New Zealand hip hop artist in history to have a commercial single achieve platinum certification status in the United States for selling over one million copies. He is not to be confused with Savage of the underground Atlanta- and Bronx-based hip hop group Hard Knocks, which released one album in 1992.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Savage
sav′āj, adj. wild: uncivilised: fierce: cruel: brutal: (her.) nude: naked.—n. a human being in a wild state: a brutal, fierce, or cruel person: a barbarian.—v.t. and v.i. to make savage, to play the savage.—n. Sav′agedom, a savage state: savages collectively.—adv. Sav′agely.—ns. Sav′ageness; Sav′agery, fierceness: ferocity: wild growth of plants; Sav′agism. [O. Fr. salvage—L. silvaticus, pertaining to the woods—silva, a wood.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SAVAGE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Savage is ranked #690 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Savage surname appeared 49,914 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 17 would have the surname Savage.
74.8% or 37,356 total occurrences were White.
19.5% or 9,768 total occurrences were Black.
2.2% or 1,108 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2% or 1,033 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.8% or 399 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 250 total occurrences were Asian.
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Anagrams for Savage »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Savage in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Savage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Savage in a Sentence
It just reflects the dysfunction in Washington, where people cannot even honor somebody who has dedicated their life to public service... He built the largest Republican majority in modern time... I guess no good deed goes undone or unpunished because some of the most savage attacks on him come from Republicans.
It's the closest thing we have to a real life dragon, it was essentially just a skull with a long neck, bolted on a pair of long wings. This thing would have been quite savage. It would have cast a great shadow over some quivering little dinosaur that wouldn't have heard it until it was too late.
The radical left Democrats have expressed outrage over the termination of this horrible terrorist, instead, they should be outraged by Soleimanis savage crimes and the fact that his countless victims were denied justice for so long.
Partnering with Savage makes sense logistically and strategically.
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:
Hamlet is a course and barbarous play. One might think the work is the product of a drunken savage's imagination.
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- همجي, متوحشArabic
- див, брутален, безпощаденBulgarian
- salvatgeCatalan, Valencian
- divochCzech
- brutalDanish
- Barbar, wild, roh, bestürmen, herfallen über, unbändig, beleidigen, barbarisch, unbebaut, angreifen, roher Mensch, beißen, rasend, anfallen, zerfleischen, wüst, wütend, Wilder, grausamGerman
- άγριος, καταδαγκώνω, κατασπαράσσω, καυτηριάζω, πρωτόγονοςGreek
- feroca, sovaĝaEsperanto
- salvajeSpanish
- وحشیPersian
- villejäFinnish
- féroce, barbareFrench
- borbIrish
- बर्बरHindi
- brutális, civilizálatlan, elvetemült, barbár, kegyetlen, műveletlen, vérengző, vad, vadember, erőszakosHungarian
- վայրենի, վայրի, վայրագArmenian
- biadabIndonesian
- crudele, selvaggio, feroce, primitivo, impietoso, brutaleItalian
- 野蛮人, 野蛮なJapanese
- 野蠻人, 야만인Korean
- دڕندهKurdish
- ferus, crudelis, saevus, barbarus, immanis, atrox, inhumanus, silvestris, feroLatin
- беспоштеден, жесток, дивјачки, дивјакMacedonian
- onbeschaafd, barbaars, onbeschoft, wildDutch
- slakte, brutal, villmann, grusom, barbarisk, rasende, villNorwegian
- brutalny, okrutny, zdziczały, bestialski, dziki, barbarzyński, dzikus, niecywilizowany, bezlitosnyPolish
- selvagemPortuguese
- sălbaticRomanian
- беспощадный, дикарь, дикарка, дикий, варварский, дикарскийRussian
- divljakinja, divljakuša, divlje, divljakSerbo-Croatian
- ociviliserad, vilde, barbar, okultiverad, brutal, vild, grym, barbariskSwedish
- సావేజ్Telugu
- ป่าเถื่อนThai
- vahşiTurkish
- дикунUkrainian
- người dã manVietnamese
- ווילדYiddish
- 野蛮人Chinese
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