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savages

sav·age
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sav-ij]
    • /ˈsæv ɪdʒ/
    • /ˈsæv.ɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sav-ij]
    • /ˈsæv ɪdʒ/

Definitions of savages word

  • adjective savages fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts. 1
  • adjective savages uncivilized; barbarous: savage tribes. 1
  • adjective savages enraged or furiously angry, as a person. 1
  • adjective savages unpolished; rude: savage manners. 1
  • adjective savages wild or rugged, as country or scenery: savage wilderness. 1
  • adjective savages Archaic. uncultivated; growing wild. 1

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Origin of savages

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 Savages

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

savages 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".

savages usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for savages

noun savages

  • anthropophagi — cannibals
  • barbarians — Plural form of barbarian.
  • cannibals — Plural form of cannibal.
  • centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
  • chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.

adjective savages

  • cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
  • fellers — Plural form of feller.
  • fells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fell.
  • lowbrows — Plural form of lowbrow.

verb savages

  • mauls — Plural form of maul.

Top questions with savages

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