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savage
Overview of noun savage
The noun savage has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) savage, barbarian -- (a member of an uncivilized people)
2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat -- (a cruelly rapacious person)
Overview of verb savage
The verb savage has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. savage -- (attack brutally and fiercely)
2. savage, pillory, crucify -- (criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage")
Overview of adj savage
The adj savage has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (6) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious -- ((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. (1) feral, ferine, savage -- (wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog")
3. (1) barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild -- (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 -- (marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun savage
2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage, barbarian
=> primitive, primitive person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
=> attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
=> wrongdoer, offender
=> bad person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun savage
1 of 2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage, barbarian
=> cannibal, man-eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagite
=> headhunter, head-shrinker
=> hunter-gatherer
=> Vandal
HAS INSTANCE=> Odoacer, Odovacar, Odovakar
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun savage
2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage, barbarian
=> primitive, primitive person
Sense 2
beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
=> attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
Antonyms of noun savage
Member Holonyms of noun savage
Substance Holonyms of noun savage
Part Holonyms of noun savage
Member Meronyms of noun savage
Substance Meronyms of noun savage
Part Meronyms of noun savage
Meronyms of noun savage
Holonyms of noun savage
Attributes of noun savage
Derived Forms of noun savage
1 of 2 senses of savage
Sense 2
beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
RELATED TO>(verb) savage#1
=> savage
Domain of noun savage
Domain Terms of noun savage
Familiarity of noun savage
savage used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun savage
2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage, barbarian
> primitive, primitive person
=> Aryan, Indo-European
=> aborigine, autochthon
=> Basket Maker
=> caveman, cave man, cave dweller, troglodyte
=> Heidelberg man, Homo heidelbergensis
=> missing link, ape-man
=> Mound Builder
=> Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax
=> savage, barbarian
=> wild man, feral man
Sense 2
beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
> attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
=> ambusher
=> avenger, retaliator
=> beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
=> bludgeoner
=> bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
=> harasser, harrier
=> iconoclast
=> marauder, predator, vulture, piranha
=> night rider, nightrider
=> raper, rapist
=> shedder, spiller
=> slasher
=> stabber
=> stoner, lapidator
Meronyms of noun savage
2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage, barbarian
=> primitive, primitive person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
=> attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
=> wrongdoer, offender
=> bad person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun savage
Grep of noun savage
savage
savageness
savagery
Antonyms of verb savage
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb savage
2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage
=> assail, assault, set on, attack
Sense 2
savage, pillory, crucify
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> comment, notice, remark, point out
=> note, observe, mention, remark
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb savage
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb savage
2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage
=> assail, assault, set on, attack
Sense 2
savage, pillory, crucify
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
'Cause To' of verb savage
Derived Forms of verb savage
1 of 2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage
RELATED TO>(noun) savage#2
=> beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
RELATED TO>(noun) savagery#3
=> brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery
Domain of verb savage
Domain Terms of verb savage
Familiarity of verb savage
savage used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb savage
2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
savage, pillory, crucify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb savage
2 senses of savage
Sense 1
savage
> assail, assault, set on, attack
=> bait
=> sic, set
=> bulldog
=> rush
=> blindside
=> savage
=> reassail
=> jump
=> beset, set upon
=> rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage
=> desecrate, profane, outrage, violate
=> molest
Sense 2
savage, pillory, crucify
> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
=> reprimand, censure, criminate
=> savage, pillory, crucify
=> admonish, reprove
=> call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
=> reprehend
=> deplore
=> belabor, belabour
=> come down
=> denounce
=> blame, find fault, pick
=> disparage, belittle, pick at
=> nitpick
=> attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb savage
Sense 1
savage
=> assail, assault, set on, attack
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Sense 2
savage, pillory, crucify
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
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Grep of verb savage
savage
Antonyms of adj savage
4 senses of savage
Sense 1
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
INDIRECT (VIA inhumane) -> humane
Sense 2
feral, ferine, savage
INDIRECT (VIA wild) -> tame, tamed
Sense 3
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
INDIRECT (VIA noncivilized) -> civilized, civilised
Sense 4
ferocious, fierce, furious, savage
INDIRECT (VIA violent) -> nonviolent
Similarity of adj savage
4 senses of savage
Sense 1
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
=> inhumane (vs. humane)
Sense 2
feral, ferine, savage
=> wild (vs. tame), untamed
Sense 3
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
=> noncivilized (vs. civilized), noncivilised
Sense 4
ferocious, fierce, furious, savage
=> violent (vs. nonviolent)
Pertainyms of adj savage
Attributes of adj savage
Domain of adj savage
Domain Terms of adj savage
Familiarity of adj savage
savage used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj savage
savage
Grep of adv savage
savagely
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