- savage⇄adj. 1. not civilized; barbarous.
Ex. savage customs. Gaudy colors please a savage taste. ... the barriers, which had so long separated the savage and the civilized nations of the earth (Edward Gibbon).
(SYN) primitive.
2. fierce; cru - savage⇄adv. savagely.
- savage⇄noun savageness.
- savage⇄noun 1. a member of a people in the lowest stage of development or civilization; uncivilized person.
Ex. nations of savages ... barbarous and brutish to the last degree (Daniel Defoe).
2. a fierce, brutal, or cruel person.
Ex. Witness - savage⇄savage, adjective, noun, verb, -aged,-aging.
- savage⇄v.t. 1. (of an animal) to attack viciously, especially with the teeth.
2. to assail in a ferocious manner; subject to savage attack.
Ex. The current vogue in satire ... is to savage every father figure in sight (Manchester Guardian)