wild

Definition

  • noun: a large area of land where people do not live and where plants, trees, etc., grow freely
  • noun: a sparsely inhabited or uncultivated region or tract
  • adjective: living in nature without human control or care
  • adjective: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated
  • synonyms: wilderness, native, desert

Examples

  • The company was successful 'beyond my wildest dreams/fantasies'. [=much more successful that I ever thought possible]

  • He has some pretty 'wild' [='strange'] ideas about raising children.

  • The party was getting kind of 'wild' [=out of control] so we left.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I loved the way a photo could capture a moment before it was gone. That's what I wanted to be when I grew up, Sorry, Mom! I'd be tracking wild elephants and rhinos, but for now, I'd have to make do with Grace Tarking. I remember going with Dad to the sinkhole out at the Connors' farm. (..)
    2009 The Lovely Bones