savage
Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
Adjective 4 meanings
Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
“a savage wilderness”
Barbaric; not civilized.
“savage manners”
Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.
Fierce and ferocious.
“savage beasts”
Noun 1 meaning
An aggressively defiant person.
“Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day.”
Verb 3 meanings
To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
“No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.”
To criticise vehemently.
“His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.”
To attack with the teeth.
Etymology
From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.
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SAVAGE at a glance
SAVAGE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + A 1 + V 4 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,514 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with savage
All rhymesOne letter away
- RAVAGE10
- LAVAGE10
- GAVAGE11
- SAVATE9
- PAVAGE12
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