| Noun | 1. | wild - a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" | |
| 2. | wild - a wild and uninhabited areabarren, wasteland, waste - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" bush - a large wilderness area frontier - a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day" | |
| Adj. | 1. | wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild parties"unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning" tame - very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed" | |
| 2. | wild - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" | |
| 3. | wild - in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief" | |
| 4. | wild - deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "a wild pitch"uncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth" | |
| 5. | wild - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"intense - in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" | |
| 6. | wild - not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfielduncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth" | |
| 7. | wild - talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic"insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" | |
| 8. | wild - produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild strawberries" | |
| 9. | wild - located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" | |
| 10. | wild - without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" | |
| 11. | wild - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas" | |
| Adv. | 1. | wild - in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here" | |
| 2. | wild - in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming wild" | |