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Definition of wild:

  1. An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
  2. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.
  3. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
  4. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.
  5. Hard to steer; - said of a vessel.
  6. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or ewilderment; as, a wild look.
  7. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
  8. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.
  9. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
  10. Wildly; as, to talk wild.

Synonyms:

ridiculous, rattling, crazy, ill-considered, around the bend, brainsick, unjustified, resist, raving mad, inconclusive, ill-judged, barbarian, marvelous, haywire, excessive, unused, fantastical, refractory, red, hazardous, anomalous, round the bend, fantastic, wildness, cruel, preposterous, state of nature, false, rampantly, antic, cut loose, doddery, unjustifiable, insane, wilderness, tremendous, stupid, untrained, stormy, uninhabited, high-risk, savage, speculative, desolate, licentious, obstreperous, rough, loony, kooky, frantic, erratic, primitive, luxuriant, undue, bush, nutty, neglected, primitive, foolish, light, mistaken, groundless, unbridled, dissipated, delirious, rude, run riot, wanton, rakish, demented, profligate, tearing, buggy, disturbed, grotesque, noncivilised, senseless, infatuated, bad, insupportable, trigger-happy, unplanted, infuriated, madding, unmanageable, rage, unwarrantable, control, unreasonable, angered, licentious, natural state, virgin, barmy, hot, lewd, baseless, wonderful, dissolute, rugged, roily, ugly, intense, tempestuous, waste, indefensible, boisterous, heavy, excited, off, monstrous, dirty, uncultivated, absurd, nonsensical, paradoxical, unbalanced, native, roiled, feral, half-baked, uncultured, weedy, intractable, untouched, natural, barbarous, unwarranted, lush, mad, erroneous, whacky, fruity, gay, wrong, barbaric, wacky, incontinent, frenzied, culture, angry, frenetic, chaotic, idle, loco, restraint, uninhibited, escape, order, uncontrolled, crackers, overrun, fractious, screwball, indocile, loopy, bonkers, impenetrable, unconstrained, unbridled, incautious, wondrous, bats, uncivil, enraged, vicious, ungoverned, raging, raving, disorderly, cracked, spontaneous, overgrown, terrific, profligate, furious, jobless, grand, untamed, marvellous, manic, balmy, desert, fast, untoward, ungovernable, godforsaken, daft, incorrect, unrestrained, ferine, risky, turbulent, abandoned, unfounded, out of work, inhospitable, doddering, dead, noncivilized, nuts, ill-advised, calm, undomesticated, turbulent, rampant, maddened, obstinate, irrational, unbroken, uncontrollable, ludicrous, unhinged, unsound, fell, brutal, passionate, batty, peace, recalcitrant, kookie, uncivilised, dotty, violent, rampage, uncivilized, exuberant, gaga, senile, chimerical, free, crimson, softheaded, dense, roughshod, sick, howling.

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