1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   "a savage slap"
   - barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious 
2. Wild and menacing
   - feral, ferine 
3. Without civilizing influences
   "a savage people"
   - barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit], wild 
4. Marked by extreme and violent energy
   - ferocious, fierce, furious

1. A member of an uncivilized people
   - barbarian 
2. A cruelly rapacious person
   - beast, wolf, brute, wildcat

1. Attack brutally and fiercely 
2. Criticize harshly or violently
   "The press savaged the new President"
   - blast, pillory, crucify

Derived forms: savaged, savages, savaging

See also: inhumane, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, savagely, savageness, savagery, untamed, violent, wild

Type of: aggressor, assail, assailant, assailer, assault, assaulter, attack, attacker, criticise [Brit], criticize, knock, pick apart, primitive, primitive person, set on

Encyclopedia: Savage, MN Savage, MD Savage Savage, Maryland Savage, Minnesota Savage, Michael Joseph Savage, Michael

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