wild

living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

wild


4 Phonemes

w I l d


onset, rime

w ild


Morpheme

wild


Sentence Examples

I felt a wild rage.

He was wild with anger.

The crowd went wild when the band took the stage.

They hiked through the wilds of Maine.

The plants were collected from the wild.

They will return the animal to the wild when it is healthy.

I've only seen that animal in a zoo, never in the wild.

These plants grow wild on the roadside.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

barbarian

desert

free

lush

native

natural

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

wild

wild boar

wild card

wild-eyed

wild rice

wild silk

the Wild West

Wild West show

The Wild Bunch

Neighborhood

Rhymes

child

Onset Friends

was

with

what

we

one

when

will

were

would

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