wild

adj

1. undomesticated, untamed, feral, ferine, (of animals) Law. ferae naturae, unbroken; uncultivated, native, natural.

2. uninhabited, empty, barren, waste; desolate, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, lifeless; unsettled, unvisited, unfrequented.

3. uncivilized, barbarous, barbarian, unenlightened, primitive; uncultured, unrefined, unpolished; uncouth, coarse, vulgar, raffish; churlish, loutish, brutish, savage, gross; ignorant, unlearned, untrained, untaught, uneducated; clumsy, gauche, unmannerly.

4. violent, furious, forceful, mighty, strong; stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, rampageous; explosive, volcanic, dangerous, perilous, dreadful; devastating, wasting, ravaging; destructive, ruinous, disastrous, catastrophic.

5. frantic, frenzied, hysterical, at one's wit's end; distraught, distracted, Inf. in a dither, Inf. in a tizzy, upset, extremely agitated; furious, in a furor, beside oneself, out of control, delirious; berserk, Offensive. Asiatic, crazy, insane, crazed, mad, stark raving mad, unglued, unhinged, maniac, maniacal; raving, raging, rabid, foaming at the mouth; uncontrollable, ungovernable, like a wild bull.

6. undisciplined, unruly, disobedient, misbehaving; unmanageable, intractable, uncontrollable; rebellious, mutinous, lawless; rough, rough-and-tumble, rowdy, rowdyish, boisterous, noisy; tumultuous, riotous, uproarious, turbulent.

7. unrestrained, unbridled, untrammeled; uncurbed, unmuzzled, unimpeded, unshackled, unfettered; unchecked, unsuppressed, unconstrained, unrestricted.

8. morally loose, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, profligate, promiscuous; indecent, immoral, improper; intemperate, immoderate, incontinent.

9. imprudent, impracticable, exceeding the bounds of reason, careless, reckless, madcap; extravagant, unreasonable, outrageous, preposterous; foolhardy, headlong, hazardous; rash, hot-headed, brash, unwary, unguarded.

10. disorderly, disordered, deranged; untidy, messy, disheveled, Inf. mussed up, messed up, ruffled up, rumpled, tousled, Chiefly Scot. Dial. toused; unkempt, slovenly, sloppy, shoddy; at sixes and sevens, muddled, hugger-mugger.

11.Informal. enthusiastic, eager, Inf. up for, Inf. hog-wild, U.S. Sl. ape, psyched, excited, looking forward to.

12. run wild

a. grow unchecked, grow every which way.b. run riot, go on a rampage, go berserk, cut loose, create a disturbance, make a commotion, Inf. raise a rumpus.

13.Often wilds

wilderness, desert, the wild. See wilderness.