wild
- adjective
- /waɪld/
- I lived in a world where adults had vanished and kids and kittens ran wild over a desolate landscape?
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Examples
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My dear wife is filled with wild enthusiasm for the plan.
Fiction book (1993) -
The crowd went wild when the band started playing their most popular song.
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I am a wild success!
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And what was fascinating was it built this wild following of our brand.
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I'm wild about the golf bag that was very very thoughtful
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Did you ever in your wildest dreams think you'd be doing this?
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And really you have the power within you to make your wildest dreams come true.
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Work hard, we've been told since we were kids, and you will achieve your wildest dreams.
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Joe laughs a laugh, wild and free, a laugh unweighted by fear, a laugh of pure joy.
Fiction book (1990) -
He is, and he's sweet and he's funny and wild.
Synonyms
Very enthusiastic or excited, often in a way that seems unreasonable
Very excited and interested in something
Very excited and unable to stay calm
Feeling very strong excitement or love for something
Very much in love with a person, place, or thing
Showing very strong and true feelings, often for a person or cause
Very excited and attracted to someone or something
Very wild and out of control, seeming crazy
Very much in love with someone or something and often thinking only about them
Too active and noisy because of strong feelings
Very excited about someone or something you like a lot
Feeling too excited or eager in a way that bothers other people
Very excited about something or someone
Being very lively or excited in a way that feels too much
Extremely fond of someone or something
Antonyms
Idioms
- NSFW
Behave carelessly and have many romantic adventures before settling down
- Informal
A saying that you should not expect a wild person or thing to behave calmly
Compounds
- US
A time in the western United States when settlers moved in and there were few laws
- Offensive
A woman who does not follow normal social rules and is often avoided by others
- Jargon
In baseball, a pitch the catcher cannot catch that lets a base runner advance
- Archaic
A live show with cowboys riding horses, shooting, and showing life in the old West
A water bird like a mallard that lives in lakes and rivers and is not kept by people
A strong-smelling plant with broad leaves that grows in woods and people use in cooking
A plant with a thick underground root used in traditional medicine for joint pain or liver problems
A large wild animal like a donkey that lives on dry plains in Asia and northeast Africa
A traveling American show from the 1880s that showed horse riding, shooting and frontier life
- US
A plant that grows every year in dry parts of southwestern US and Mexico and has small tubers like potatoes
- US
An edible root that looks like a nut and was an important food for some Native American people
- US
A wild plant from South America and Mexico with leaves used for smoking and not usually grown for sale
A plant that grows naturally without farming and is the ancestor of wheat grown on farms
- South African
A tree from Africa with yellow fruit, oily seeds, and hard wood that resists termites
A North American plant with purple or pink flowers used for tea and in gardens
A small wild flower with divided leaves and purple flowers that grows in woods and meadows
A low bush that stays green all year and has small white flowers and red berries
A low bush with spreading branches and small flowers that grows in western United States deserts
- South African
A large evergreen shrub with many branches grown for its dense green leaves
- US
A North American plant with blue, white, or yellow flowers that grows in prairies and open woods
- US
A plant that grows in eastern North America with leaves like a hand and groups of blue flowers
- UK
A wild leafy plant that is the ancestor of garden vegetables like kale or broccoli
A low bog bush from northern Europe and Asia with leaves that smell strong and pleasant, not the cooking herb
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wild has long meant very strong or uncontrolled feeling, so to be wild about something means to be extremely enthusiastic or very excited about it.