Definitions

wilder

[wil-der] / ˈwɪl dər /

ADJECTIVE

untamed

Synonyms

STRONG

barbarian desert free lush native natural overrun primitive savage waste

WEAK

agrarian barbaric barbarous dense deserted desolate escaped feral ferocious fierce indigenous luxuriant neglected overgrown rampant rude unbroken uncivilized uncultivated undomesticated uninhabited untouched vicious

Antonyms

STRONG

civilized cultured kind nice refined sophisticated

WEAK

behaved calm controllable controlled delicate gentle manageable mild moderate orderly tame

ADJECTIVE

disorderly, rowdy

Synonyms

STRONG

berserk crazy eager irrational madcap nuts profligate rash raving rough

WEAK

avid boisterous chaotic crazed enthusiastic extravagant flighty foolhardy foolish giddy hysterical impetuous impracticable 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

Antonyms

STRONG

careful nice reasonable sane sensible

WEAK

behaved calm civilized controllable controlled delicate gentle manageable mild moderate orderly tame

ADJECTIVE

intense, stormy

Synonyms

STRONG

howling rough

WEAK

blustering blustery choppy disturbed furious inclement raging storming tempestuous turbulent violent

Antonyms

WEAK

behaved calm civilized controllable controlled delicate gentle manageable mild moderate orderly tame

Example Sentences

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The air began to smell different—richer, and deeper, and wilder.

From Literature

It was not bravery but something wilder and more urgent that spurred Christopher off the table.

From Literature

The smell—the same smell he had found at the lochan—grew richer and wilder and kinder with every step.

From Literature

She’s jumpy, her hair wilder than ever.

From Literature

There are echoes here of Thornton Wilder’s “The Eighth Day” about a flight away from a homicide that shakes up a small mining town and also of John Updike’s “In the Beauty of the Lilies,” in which religious questions keep echoing through generations.

From Los Angeles Times