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

  • (..) The Council has already evaluated this outlandish theory of yours. My friends, you know me to be neither rash nor impulsive. I am not given to wild unsupported statements... ...and I tell you that we must evacuate this planet immediately. Jor-El, you are one of Krypton's greatest scientists. (..)
    1978 Superman
  • (..) "...whose reputation for clarity and truth had become a symbol of hope... "...for the city of Metropolis. " This is no fantasy. No careless product of wild imagination. No, my good friends... ...these indictments... ...I've brought you today... ...specific charges listed herein (..)
    1978 Superman