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

  • (..) But if you want to be safe, I'll keep my mouth shut. Would you just tell us? What could happen? Okay. I wished I could go to the wild! The wild? I told you it was bad luck. The wild? Are you nuts? That is the worst idea I've ever heard. It's unsanitary. (..)
    2005 Madagascar
  • (..) It's just not natural. This is all some kind of whacked-out conspiracy. We're going to the wide-open spaces ofAntarctica. To the wild. The wild? You could actually go there? That sounds great. Hey, hold up. Where is this place? Tell me where it is. You didn't see anything. (..)
    2005 Madagascar