Synonyms for savage

Noun

1. savage, barbarian, primitive, primitive person

usage: a member of an uncivilized people

2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat, attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter

usage: a cruelly rapacious person

Verb

1. savage, assail, assault, set on, attack

usage: attack brutally and fiercely

2. savage, pillory, crucify, knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart

usage: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

Adjective

1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious, inhumane (vs. humane)

usage: (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"

2. feral, ferine, savage, wild (vs. tame), untamed

usage: wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"

3. barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild, noncivilized (vs. civilized), noncivilised

usage: 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"

4. ferocious, fierce, furious, savage, violent (vs. nonviolent)

usage: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"