wild
Untamed; not domesticated.
Adjective 4 meanings
Untamed; not domesticated.
“Near-synonym: indigenous”
From or relating to wild creatures.
Unrestrained or uninhibited.
“I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.”
Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
“The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.”
Adverb 2 meanings
Inaccurately; not on target.
“The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.”
Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
“Let's record it wild.”
Noun 3 meanings
The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
“After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.”
A wilderness.
Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
Etymology
From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”).
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WILD at a glance
WILD has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (W 4 + I 1 + L 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,633 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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