Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
A wild man: long-haired, bearded, carrying a club and wreathed about the temples and loins with leaves
A term commonly applied to American Indians by Europeans (Fr. sauvage), meaning wild or uncivilized.
a member of an uncivilized people
attack brutally and fiercely
(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"
wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
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"
marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
a wild, uncivilized person