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- [sav-ij]
- /ˈsæv ɪdʒ/
- /ˈsæv.ɪdʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sav-ij]
- /ˈsæv ɪdʒ/
Definitions of savage word
- adjective savage fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts. 1
- adjective savage uncivilized; barbarous: savage tribes. 1
- adjective savage enraged or furiously angry, as a person. 1
- adjective savage unpolished; rude: savage manners. 1
- adjective savage wild or rugged, as country or scenery: savage wilderness. 1
- adjective savage Archaic. uncultivated; growing wild. 1
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Origin of savage
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English savage, sauvage (adj.) < Middle French sauvage, salvage < Medieval Latin salvāticus, for Latin silvāticus, equivalent to silv(a) woods + -āticus adj. suffix
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Parts of speech for Savage
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
savage popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
savage usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for savage
adj savage
- accidentally on purpose — Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
- anarchic — If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
- anarchical — of, like, or tending to anarchy.
- anarchistic — An anarchistic person believes in anarchism. Anarchistic activity or literature promotes anarchism.
- atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
noun savage
- annihilator — a person or thing that annihilates.
- anthropophagi — cannibals
- anthropophagite — a cannibal
- barbarity — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
adjective savage
- anthropophagous — Who practices anthropophagy.
- aper — a person who apes, a mimic
- barbaric — If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
Antonyms for savage
adjective savage
- giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
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