savage

1. A member of an uncivilized people (synset 110572830)
   is a type of: primitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
   subtypes:

   • anthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater - a person who eats human flesh
   • head-shrinker, headhunter - a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
   • hunter-gatherer - a member of a hunting and gathering society
   • vandal - a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455
   specific instances: odoacer, odovacar, odovakar - Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493)
   same as: barbarian
2. A cruelly rapacious person (synset 109864997)
   is a type of: aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks
   same as: beast, brute, wildcat, wolf

1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (synset 301266123)
   "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
   similar to: inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
   same as: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious
2. Wild and menacing (synset 302398088)
   "a pack of feral dogs"
   similar to: untamed, wild - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
   same as: feral, ferine
3. Without civilizing influences (synset 300413865)
   "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"; "wild tribes"
   similar to: noncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development
   same as: barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild
4. Marked by extreme and violent energy (synset 302521586)
   "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
   similar to: violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
   same as: ferocious, fierce, furious

1. Attack brutally and fiercely (synset 201123318)
   is a type of: assail, assault, attack, set on - attack someone physically or emotionally
2. Criticize harshly or violently (synset 200825488)
   "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
   is a type of: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
   same as: blast, crucify, pillory

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