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wild
adjective as in untamed
adjective as in disorderly, rowdy
Weak matches
boisterous, chaotic, crazed, enthusiastic, extravagant, flighty, foolhardy, foolish, giddy, hysterical, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, lawless, licentious, mad, noisy, outrageous, preposterous, rabid, reckless, riotous, self-willed, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unfettered, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, wayward
adjective as in intense, stormy
adjective as in exciting; unexpected; peculiar
Strongest matches
Strong matches
impracticable, irrational, kooky, strange, unexpected, wacky, weird
Weak matches
Example Sentences
All of that, alongside wild fiscal and monetary mismanagement, set off hyperinflation, chronic shortages and widespread misery.
Only four days after their much-anticipated release into the big pond, the two beavers turned wild, charging and hissing when their foster parents visited.
“We are trying to keep up with the wild fluctuations and pass along what costs we can to our customers.”
Josh Lyman explained it best: “Any stories we have to give the press that we’re not wild about, we give all in a lump on Friday.”
That policy environment is relatively stable for the moment, although the Supreme Court’s skepticism of tariffs poses a wild card.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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