Antonyms for savage
ˈsæv ɪdʒsav·age

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1. savage

   Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.

   Antonyms:
   civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

   Synonyms:
   atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

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1. savage

   Antonyms:
   mild, docile, domesticated, tame, tractable, meek, timid, shrinking, cultivated, tamed, taught, civilized, educated, refined, christianized, polished, humane, generous, chivalrous, merciful, clement, forbearing, courtly, subdued, self-controlled

   Synonyms:
   ferocious, ferine, wild, uncultivated, untamed, untaught, uncivilized, unpolished, rude, brutish, brutal, heathenish, barbarous, cruel, fierce, inhuman, truculent, pitiless, merciless, murderous, violent, malevolent

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1. • Assail
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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. savage, barbariannoun

   a member of an uncivilized people

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, tamed, civilized, civilised, humane, tame

   Synonyms:
   tyke, peasant, brute, wildcat, barbarian, beast, wolf, churl, boor, tike

2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcatadjective

   a cruelly rapacious person

   Antonyms:
   civilised, tame, nonviolent, civilized, humane, tamed

   Synonyms:
   wildcat well, masher, skirt chaser, fauna, animal, animate being, beast, wildcat, brute, woman chaser, wolf, barbarian, creature

3. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

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

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

   Antonyms:
   humane, tamed, civilized, nonviolent, tame, civilised

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

4. feral, ferine, savageadjective

   wild and menacing

   "a pack of feral dogs"

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, civilised, humane, tame, civilized, tamed

   Synonyms:
   wild, fierce, fell, furious, roughshod, barbaric, feral, cruel, barbarous, vicious, ferocious, barbarian, uncivilized, uncivilised, brutal, ferine

5. barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wildadjective

   without civilizing influences

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

   Antonyms:
   tame, tamed, nonviolent, civilized, civilised, humane

   Synonyms:
   raging, brutal, gaga, violent, dotty, untamed, unfounded, ferocious, fierce, cruel, tempestuous, fell, roughshod, ferine, godforsaken, uncivilised, hazardous, uncivilized, waste, baseless, risky, angry, idle, wild, fantastic, groundless, feral, vicious, crazy, raving mad, barbarian, barbaric, furious, unwarranted, barbarous

6. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageverb

   marked by extreme and violent energy

   "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, civilised, tamed, civilized, tame, humane

   Synonyms:
   angered, rough, trigger-happy, uncivilized, barbarous, angry, cutthroat, infuriated, tempestuous, furious, raging, violent, fell, fierce, barbaric, feral, cruel, enraged, vehement, maddened, ferocious, roughshod, tearing, boisterous, barbarian, uncivilised, bowelless, vicious, brutal, ferine, wild

7. savageverb

   attack brutally and fiercely

   Antonyms:
   civilised, humane, civilized, tamed, nonviolent, tame

   Synonyms:
   pillory, crucify, blast

8. savage, blast, pillory, crucifyverb

   criticize harshly or violently

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

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, tamed, tame, civilised, humane, civilized

   Synonyms:
   crucify, dun, bedevil, subdue, gibbet, shoot, blare, pillory, nail, mortify, rag, boom, knock down, frustrate, shell, torment, blast, smash

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1. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncivilized, barbarous, ferocious, ravenous, fierce, untamed, brutal, fell, truculent, implacable, atrocious, ferocious, inhuman

2. savagenoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarian, cannibal

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. mirage

   savage is a synonym of mirage

   this girl is such a savage!

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use savage in a sentence?

1. Plato:

   Man...is a tame or civilized animal never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.

2. Detective Inspector Chris Thompson:

   There were no witnesses to the savage acts and there was no indication as to who was responsible.

3. Joseph Addison:

   Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.

4. William James:

   We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

5. Stephanie Savage:

   They talked a lot about family and the idea of whatever villainous things the characters in the show do that they never stop loving each other, Savage told reporters. He explained the Shapiros pressed that the characters’ sense of family was the central thing that held the show together for all those years….

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