savage
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a member of an uncivilized people
Types & categories
- primitive hypernym
- man-eater hyponym
- headhunter hyponym
- hunter-gatherer hyponym
- Vandal hyponym
- Odoacer instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- barbarian derivation
Sense 2 verb
attack brutally and fiercely
Types & categories
- assault hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
a barbarous crime
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a cruelly rapacious person
Types & categories
- aggressor hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
criticize harshly or violently
The press savaged the new President
Types & categories
- criticize hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
wild and menacing
a pack of feral dogs
Related & opposite
Sense 7 adjective
without civilizing influences
barbarian invaders
Related & opposite
Sense 8 adjective
marked by extreme and violent energy
a ferocious beating
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbarian |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | primitive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | man-eater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | headhunter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunter-gatherer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Vandal |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Odoacer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbarism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brute |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assault |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | atrocity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brutality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cruelness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | savagery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brute |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inhumane |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | savage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | aggressor |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | criticize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | savagery |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | untamed |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbarism |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | wildness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | savagery |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | tike |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | savage |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | wild |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | noncivilized |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | brutality |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | ferocity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | savagery |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | violent |