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savage

Letters that make savage

s, a, e, g, v are letters that make 'savage'

Words within savage

age, VA, SA, Ag, Ge, Av are words within 'savage'

Anagrams of savage

agaves is an anagram of 'savage'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of savage

savaged, savager, savages are words created by adding a letter to 'savage'

savage is a 6 letter word ending with e
savage is a 6 letter word starting with s

8 possible definitions for 'savage'

Savage as "(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering"

Under this definition, savage is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

vicious, roughshod, barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell have the same meaning as 'savage'

Derivatives of savage

wolf, harshness, atrociousness, heinousness, ferociousness, viciousness, cruelness, atrocity, savageness, wildcat, beast, brute, barbarousness, savage, cruelty, brutality, barbarity, savagery are derivatives of 'savage'.

Similar to savage

inhumane is similar to savage.

Example of savage used within this context

"a barbarous crime", "brutal beatings", "cruel tortures", "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks", "a savage slap", "vicious kicks"

Savage as "wild and menacing"

Under this definition, savage is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

feral, ferine have the same meaning as 'savage'

Derivatives of savage

savageness, savagery are derivatives of 'savage'.

Similar to savage

wild, untamed are similar to 'savage'.

Savage as "marked by extreme and violent energy"

Under this definition, savage is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

fierce, furious, ferocious have the same meaning as 'savage'

Derivatives of savage

ferociousness, viciousness, vehemence, ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, violence, wildness, savageness, brutality, savagery are derivatives of 'savage'.

Similar to savage

violent is similar to savage.

Savage as "attack brutally and fiercely"

Under this definition, savage is a verb and has the following properties:

savage as a type

'savage' can be a type of assail, set on, assault, attack.

Derivatives of savage

wolf, wildcat, beast, brute, savage, brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery are derivatives of 'savage'.

Savage as "a member of an uncivilized people"

Under this definition, savage is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

barbarian has the same meaning as savage

savage as a type

'savage' can be a type of primitive person, primitive.

Types of savage

anthropophagus, anthropophagite, headhunter, head-shrinker, hunter-gatherer, cannibal, man-eater, Vandal are types of 'savage'.

Instances of savage

Odoacer, Odovacar, Odovakar. are instances of 'savage'

Derivatives of savage

barbarian, wild, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised are derivatives of 'savage'.

Savage as "a cruelly rapacious person"

Under this definition, savage is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

wolf, wildcat, beast, brute have the same meaning as 'savage'

savage as a type

'savage' can be a type of aggressor, attacker, assailant, assaulter.

Derivatives of savage

vicious, savage, roughshod, barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell are derivatives of 'savage'.

Savage as "criticize harshly or violently"

Under this definition, savage is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

crucify, pillory, blast have the same meaning as 'savage'

savage as a type

'savage' can be a type of criticize, criticise, pick apart, knock.

Example of savage used within this context

"The press savaged the new President", "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

Savage as "without civilizing influences"

Under this definition, savage is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

barbarian, wild, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised have the same meaning as 'savage'

Derivatives of savage

wildness, tike, tyke, peasant, barbarian, boor, savageness, Goth, churl, wild, savage, brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery, natural state, state of nature are derivatives of 'savage'.

Similar to savage

noncivilized, noncivilised are similar to 'savage'.

Example of savage used within this context

"barbarian invaders", "barbaric practices", "a savage people", "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade, "wild tribes"