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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You know him as the actor Gene Wilder.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

I said, “Billy Wilder sat down and made that up based on what he observed.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

During the last 30 years of his life, after winning Pulitzer Prizes for “Our Town” and “The Skin of Our Teeth,” Thornton Wilder never completed another full-length play.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“He was absolutely boring,” Wilder said of Xi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Captain Wilder stood looking first at Mrs. Hathaway and then at her son and her two tall, quiet-moving daughters.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury