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adjective

1. In a primitive state; not domesticated or cultivated; produced by nature: native, natural, rough, uncultivated, undomesticated, untamed. See wild/tame.
2. Of or relating to wild animals: feral, savage. See wild/tame.
3. Not civilized: barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, primitive, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured. Archaic uncivil. See culture/nature, wild/tame.
4. Not submitting to discipline or control: disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward. Idioms: out of line. See control/uncontrol, order/disorder, peace/conflict, resist/yield.
5. Lacking in moral restraint: abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton. See restraint/unrestraint.
6. Marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation: delirious, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, mad. Archaic madding. See calm/agitation.
7. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent. See calm/agitation.

noun

An uninhabited region left in its natural state: bush, wilderness, wildness. See wild/tame.

Idioms beginning with wild:
wild oats
wildfire
wild about, be
wild card
wild goose chase
wild horses couldn't drag me
wild pitch

See also go hog wild; go wilding; run amok (wild); sow one's wild oats.

adj

Definition: disorderly, rowdy
Antonyms: behaved, controllable, manageable, orderly

adj

Definition: intense, stormy
Antonyms: calm, mild, moderate

adj

Definition: untamed
Antonyms: civilized, controlled, delicate, gentle, manageable, tame

IN BRIEF: Living or growing in nature. Also: Not controlled.

Don't refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase. That is what wild geese are made for. — Henry S. Haskins.

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adjective
adjective, US

Remarkable, unusual, exciting. (1955 —) .
Listener Los Angeles is so wild they should just let it swing and see what happens (1968).

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Growing uncontrolled away from a domesticated environment. See under the name of the species, e.g. equid, sheep, swine, pig, turkey.

• w. amaranth — amaranthus cruentus.
• w. arum — arum maculatum.
• w. barley — see hordeum.
• w. black cherry, w. cherry — prunus serotina.
• w. bleeding heart — dicentra eximia.
• w. boar — the commonest wild pig. Shaped like a domestic pig but lean, long-legged and mean. They can move very quickly and have formidable tusks in their bottom jaws. Their long, pointed snout enables the pigs to get through undergrowth better than any other animal. Called also Sus scrofa.
• w. carrot — see daucus carota.
• w. chervil — chaerophyllum sylvestre.
• w. coffee — see cassia occidentalis.
• w. cotton — see asclepias.
• w. cotton bush — gomphocarpus physocarpus.
• w. cucumber — cucumis trigonus.
• w. date — see fadogia homblei.
• w. everlasting daisy — helichrysum argyrosphaerum.
• w. flax — pimelea trichostachya.
• w. garlic — allium ursinum, A. vineale.
• w. gooseberry — see nicandra physalodes.
• w. grackle — see grackle.
• w. ground cherry — see physalis.
• w. heliotrope — heliotropium europaeum.
• w. hop — rumex vesicarius.
• w. hyacinth — scilla nonscripta.
• w. indigo — see baptisia leucantha.
• w. iris — see iris.
• w. jasmine — cestrum diurnum.
• w. lettuce — see lactuca serriola.
• w. lucerne — crotalaria globifera, C. dura.
• w. lupin — lupinus laxiflorus.
• w. mint — see perilla frutescens.
• w. mustard — sinapis arvensis.
• w. onion — allium validum, dipcadi glaucum.
• w. parsley — cymopterus longipes.
• w. parsnip — any of several plant species including trachymene, cicuta and a plant with the name Pastinaca sativa which is quite edible.
• w. passion fruit — passiflora subpeltata.
• w. pea — lathyrus incanus, L. sylvestris.
• w. pepper — daphne mezereum.
• w. pineapple — see macrozamia.
• w. potato bush — solanum esuriale.
• w. radish — see raphanus raphanistrum.
• w. red cherry — prunus pennsylvanica.
• w. sorghum — sorghum verticilliflorum.
• w. sunflower — see doronicum hungaricum, verbesina encelioides.
• w. tobacco — see nicotiana.
• w. tomato — solanum esuriale.
• w. tree tobacco — solanum mauritianum.
• w. turnip — see rapistrum rugosum.
• w. verbena — see verbena rigida.
• w. watermelon — citrullus lanatus.
• w. winter pea — see lathyrus hirsutus.

For a list of words related to wild, see:

• Woods and Brush - wild: wilderness
• Television Technology - wild: (adj) designating recording of sound separately from picture
• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild

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Common misspelling(s) of wild

• weild

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vild, afsindig, rasende, larmende, hysterisk, letsindig, ubeboet, uopdyrket
n. - vildskab
v. tr. - ødemark
adv. - vildt

idioms:

• be wild about    være vild med
• beyond one's wildest dreams    ikke i de vildeste drømme
• in the wild    under naturlige forhold
• run wild    opføre sig uordentligt, være ukontrolleret
• the Wild West    det vilde vesten
• the wilds    vildnis
• wild animal    vildt dyr, sky dyr
• wild boar    vildsvin
• wild card    joker
• wild child    vild sild (ung pige)
• wild-goose chase    meningsløst foretagende, forgæves foretagende

Nederlands (Dutch)
wild, verwilderd, woest, dol, ongeremd

Français (French)
adj. - sauvage, violent (vent), agité (mer), fou (rire), dévergondé, délirant (imagination), déchaîné (applaudissements), furieux, fana (fam), extravagant, d'enfer ((concert) (fam)
n. - (en) liberté, à l'état sauvage
v. tr. - malmener qn (jusqu'à le rendre incrédule ou nerveux)
adv. - à l'état sauvage, à l'abandon

idioms:

• beyond one's wildest dreams    dépassant ses rêves les plus osés
• in the wild    dans la nature
• run wild    devenir fou
• the wilds    la nature
• wild about    être fou de, se passionner pour
• wild animal    bête sauvage
• wild boar    sanglier
• wild card    joker, (fig) élément imprévisible, (Sport) wild-card (droit de participer à un tournoi sans avoir été qualifié), (Comput) joker
• wild child    enfant sauvage
• wild water    rapides
• Wild West    Far West
• wild-goose chase    (n'aboutir) à rien, (mettre qn) sur une mauvaise piste

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wild, Wild..., wüst, rasend, irr, wahnsinnig, scheu, ungezielt, aus der Luft gegriffen
adv. - wild, irr
n. - Wildnis, Ödland
v. - jmdn. durch hartes Auftreten unsicher oder nervös machen

idioms:

• beyond one's wildest dreams    die kühnsten Träume übersteigend
• in the wild    in der Wildnis, im Wildstadium
• run wild    frei herumlaufen, wuchern, herumtoben
• the wilds    die Wildnis
• wild about    verrückt sein auf
• wild animal    wildes Tier
• wild boar    Wildschwein, Keiler
• wild card    wilde Karte, (EDV) Platzhalterzeichen
• wild child    attraktives, undiszipliniertes junges Mädchen
• wild water    Wildwasser
• Wild West    der Wilde Westen
• wild-goose chase    aussichtslose Suche

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άγριος, σε άγρια ή φυσική κατάσταση, βίαιος, ασυγκράτητος, αφηνιασμένος, παράφορος, ξέφρενος, εξωφρενικός, παράλογος, ακαλλιέργητος, χέρσος, μαινόμενος, μανιασμένος, απερίγραπτος, ασυλλόγιστος, (σε χαρτοπαίγνιο) που επέχει θέση μπαλαντέρ
adv. - εδώ κι εκεί, στα κουτουρού
n. - άγρια ή φυσική κατάσταση, ερημιά

idioms:

• be wild about    είμαι ξετρελαμένος με
• beyond one's wildest dreams    που ξεπερνά και τα πιο τρελά μου όνειρα
• in the wild    σε άγρια ή φυσική κατάσταση
• run wild    παρεκτρέπομαι, γυρίζω σε φυσική κατάσταση
• the Wild West    (ΗΠΑ) η άγρια Δύση
• the wilds    ανεξερεύνητη περιοχή, ζούγκλα
• wild animal    άγριο ζώο
• wild boar    αγριόχοιρος
• wild card    απρόβλεπτος παράγοντας, (σε χαρτοπαίγνιο) μπαλαντέρ
• wild child    ατίθασο παιδί
• wild-goose chase    άσκοπη ή μάταιη αναζήτηση

Italiano (Italian)
deserto, selvaggio, feroce, imbestialito, violento, frenetico, pazzo

idioms:

• be wild about    adorare, andar matto per
• in the wild    selvatico
• run wild    perdere la tramontana
• the Wild West    il Wild West
• the wilds    il deserto
• wild card    jolly
• wild child    momello
• wild-goose chase    ricerca inutile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - selvagem
adv. - de modo selvagem
n. - selva (f), local deserto (m)

idioms:

• be wild about    estar fora de si por causa de
• in the wild    na natureza
• run wild    correr como um louco
• the Wild West    oeste americano poucos anos após a descoberta do continente
• the wilds    regiões selvagens
• wild card    carta coringa (m)
• wild child    criança violenta (f)
• wild-goose chase    situação difícil de se obter êxito

Русский (Russian)
дикий, невозделанный, неконтролируемый, обуреваемый страстями, необдуманный, штормовой, растрепанный, отклоняющийся от нормы, экстремистский, девственная природа, дебри, диким образом, как попало

idioms:

• be wild about    быть без ума от чего-л.
• in the wild    в естественных условиях, на воле
• run wild    одичать, разрастаться (о сорняках), расти без надзора, прожигать жизнь
• the Wild West    дикий Запад
• the wilds    дебри, чаща
• wild card    непредсказуемый человек/фактор, разрешение на участие в соревнованиях спортсмену без квалификации
• wild child    девушка-подросток со взрослой внешностью и неподобающим поведением
• wild-goose chase    напрасное стремление к чему-л., погоня за недостижимым, химера

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agreste, silvestre, salvaje, inculto, no cultivado, furioso, violento, agitado, alborotado, frenético, delirante, loco, alocado
n. - desierto, selva, tierra virgen, estado silvestre o natural
v. tr. - maltratar (algo o a alguien)
adv. - agreste, no cultivado, violentamente, desatinadamente, sin pies ni cabeza, sin cultivo

idioms:

• beyond one's wildest dreams    muchísimo más de lo que se esperaba, ni en sueños lo hubiera imaginado
• in the wild    lejos de la civilización, en estado natural
• run wild    desbocarse, vivir como un salvaje, crecer en estado salvaje
• the wilds    región primitiva, selva, desierto
• wild about    estar loco por, entusiasmarse locamente, gustar mucho de (algo o alguien)
• wild animal    fiera, animal salvaje
• wild boar    jabalí
• wild card    comodín
• wild child    jovencita muy atractiva que se comporta en forma alocada
• wild water    agua turbulenta
• Wild West    Lejano Oeste, el Oeste de los Estados Unidos en sus comienzos
• wild-goose chase    búsqueda inútil, empresa quimérica

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vild, skygg, häftig, otyglad, rasande, förvirrad, tokig
adv. - vilt, på måfå, planlöst
n. - vildmark

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
野性的, 野蛮的, 荒野的, 荒野, 荒地, 野蛮的做, 狂暴地, 失控地

idioms:

• be wild about    热衷于, 因狂怒
• beyond one's wildest dreams    超过某人所期望的, 出乎某人意料之外
• in the wild    在荒野里
• run wild    变得荒芜, 失去控制
• the Wild West    西大荒, 指美国开拓时期的西部
• the wilds    蛮荒之地
• wild animal    野兽
• wild boar    野猪
• wild card    通配符, 万能符
• wild child    野女孩, 新闻用语指行为不端面貌姣好的少女
• wild-goose chase    荒谬无益之追求, 行踪不定的路线

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 野性的, 野蠻的, 荒野的
n. - 荒野, 荒地
v. tr. - 野蠻的做
adv. - 狂暴地, 失控地

idioms:

• be wild about    熱衷於, 因狂怒
• beyond one's wildest dreams    超過某人所期望的, 出乎某人意料之外
• in the wild    在荒野裡
• run wild    變得荒蕪, 失去控制
• the Wild West    西大荒, 指美國開拓時期的西部
• the wilds    蠻荒之地
• wild animal    野獸
• wild boar    野豬
• wild card    通配符, 萬能符
• wild child    野女孩, 新聞用語指行為不端面貌姣好的少女
• wild-goose chase    荒謬無益之追求, 行蹤不定的路線

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 야생의, 사나운, 야만의
n. - 자연 그대로의 지역, 광야, 황무지
v. tr. - 거칠게 다루어 신임을 잃다
adv. - 야생 상태로, 난폭하게, 형편 없이

idioms:

• be wild about    ~에 열중하다
• beyond one's wildest dreams    예상보다 훨씬 낫다
• in the wild    야생에서, 황무지에서
• run wild    들에서 키우다, 난폭해지다
• the Wild West    (개척 시대) 미국 서부 지방
• the wilds    미개한 지역, 야생

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 野育ちの, 野生の, 未開の, 野蛮な, 耕作しない, 荒れた, 荒涼とした, 乱暴な, 激しい, 気違いじみた, 熱狂的な, でたらめな
adv. - 乱暴に
n. - 未開地, 荒野, ワイルド

idioms:

• be wild about    夢中になって, 切望して
• in the wild    未開地に
• run wild    はびこる, したい放題にやる
• the Wild West    米国西部地方
• the wilds    未開の地域, 未開地, 荒野
• wild animal    野獣
• wild boar    猪, イノシシ
• wild card    自由札, ワイルドカード, 未知の要因
• wild child    野生児

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) همجي, بري, وحشي (ظرف) بريه, قفر (الاسم) بور, قفر, بريه, غير محروث, جامع, غليظ, شديد التوق, همجي, شديد الحماسه, عاصف, جاف, مسعور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פראי, בר, שומם, פרוע, להוט, לא שקול, מטורף, זועם‬
n. - ‮שממה, יער, מדבר‬
v. tr. - ‮התייחס (למישהו) בנוקשות, כך שנעשה לחסר-אמון ולעצבני‬
adv. - ‮בפראות, ללא מטרה‬

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