Noun: Wilder wI(-u)l-du(r)
- United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
- Thornton Wilder, Thornton Niven Wilder
- United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humour infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
- Billy Wilder, Samuel Wilder
- In a natural state; not tamed, domesticated or cultivated
"edible wild plants"; "wild geese";
- untamed
- Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
"wild talk"; "wild parties"
- Without civilizing influences
"wild tribes";
- barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit]
- In a state of extreme emotion
"wild with anger"; "wild with grief"
- Involving risk or danger
"a wild financial scheme";
- hazardous, risky
- Talking or behaving irrationally
"a wild lunatic";
- raving mad, raving
- (of colours or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
"wild colours"; "wild shouts";
- violent
- Without a basis in reason or fact
"wild gossip";
- baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted
- Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
"a wild idea of his own importance";
- fantastic
- [informal] Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
"wild about cars and racing";
- crazy [informal], dotty [Brit, informal], gaga [informal]
- Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
"a wild stretch of land";
- godforsaken, waste
- Deviating widely from an intended course
"a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch"
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
"wild clouds on the horizon";
- angry, furious, raging, tempestuous
See also: chaotic, dangerous, delirious, disorderly, enthusiastic, excited, feral, ferine, frantic, frenzied, ill-founded, inhospitable, insane, intense, intractable, keen, mad, manic, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, passionate, procellous [archaic], savage, semi-wild, stormy, unbroken, uncontrolled, undomesticated, unquiet, unrealistic, unrestrained, unsafe, unsubdued, unsupported, wildness
Type of: author, dramatist, film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker, playwright, writer
Antonym: tame
Encyclopedia: Wilder, Matthew
Wild, Richard