wildest

ADJECTIVE

untamed

Synonyms

STRONG

barbarian desert free lush native natural overrun primitive savage waste

WEAK

agrarian barbaric barbarous dense deserted desolate escaped feral ferocious fierce indigenous luxuriant neglected overgrown rampant rude unbroken uncivilized uncultivated undomesticated uninhabited untouched vicious

Antonyms

STRONG

civilized cultured kind nice refined sophisticated

WEAK

behaved calm controllable controlled delicate gentle manageable mild moderate orderly tame

ADJECTIVE

disorderly, rowdy

Synonyms

STRONG

berserk crazy eager irrational madcap nuts profligate rash raving rough

WEAK

avid boisterous chaotic crazed enthusiastic extravagant flighty foolhardy foolish giddy hysterical impetuous impracticable imprudent incautious lawless licentious mad noisy outrageous preposterous rabid reckless riotous self-willed turbulent unbridled uncontrolled undisciplined unfettered ungovernable unmanageable unrestrained unruly uproarious violent wayward

Antonyms

STRONG

careful nice reasonable sane sensible

WEAK

behaved calm civilized controllable controlled delicate gentle manageable mild moderate orderly tame

ADJECTIVE

intense, stormy

Synonyms

STRONG

howling rough

WEAK

blustering blustery choppy disturbed furious inclement raging storming tempestuous turbulent violent

Antonyms

WEAK

behaved calm civilized controllable controlled delicate gentle manageable mild moderate orderly tame

Example Sentences

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The media mogul, who died Wednesday, was one of baseball’s most unconventional owners, but May 11, 1977, might have been his wildest.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The wildest short squeeze of this year just got a little more complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Outdoors: Of all of Pynchon’s outlandish novels, “Mason & Dixon” is, literally, the wildest.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Striding 73 miles across some of the wildest and most dramatic country in England, Hadrian's Wall stretches from Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria on the west coast to Wallsend in North Tyneside.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Not long after Reginald left, I dragged out the wildest zoot suit in New York.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey