wild

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwaɪld/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/waɪld/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wīld)

Inflections of 'wild' (adj):
wilder
adj comparative
wildest
adj superlative

Collocations for "wild"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wild" in context.

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wild

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. wild [animals, boar, rice, flowers, fruit]
  2. wild [students, children]
  3. wild [behavior, movements]
  4. the wild [west, frontier, jungle, unknown]
  5. was a wild [party, night]
  6. a wild [guess, pitch, attempt, shot]
  7. they [had, wanted] wild sex
  8. wild hair (day)
  9. (play your) wild card
  10. wild at heart
  11. [live, walk] on the wild side
  12. [behave, attack, eat] like a wild animal
  13. [one-eyed Jacks, Kings] are wild
  14. wild about [her, pizza, video games]
  15. was [pretty, really, totally] wild
  16. her [son, daughter] is driving her wild
  17. the [crowd, audience, fans] went wild
n
  1. [practically, virtually, almost] extinct in the wild
  2. was [raised, born] in the wild
  3. [wolves, lions, elephants] live in the wild
  4. only [50] (still) [exist, remain, live] in the wild
  5. only [three] known [species, examples] in the wild
  6. [hunting, bird watching, animal observation] in the wild
  7. returned [him, the owl] to the wild
  8. the wilds of [Alaska, Africa, Canada]
adv
  1. allow [it, their children] to run wild
additional examples
  1. [practically, virtually, almost] extinct in the wild
  2. wild [animals, boar, rice, flowers, fruit]
  3. was [raised, born] in the wild
  4. wild [students, children]
  5. [wolves, lions, elephants] live in the wild
  6. wild [behavior, movements]
  7. only [50] (still) [exist, remain, live] in the wild
  8. the wild [west, frontier, jungle, unknown]
  9. only [three] known [species, examples] in the wild
  10. was a wild [party, night]
  11. [hunting, bird watching, animal observation] in the wild
  12. a wild [guess, pitch, attempt, shot]
  13. returned [him, the owl] to the wild
  14. they [had, wanted] wild sex
  15. the wilds of [Alaska, Africa, Canada]
  16. wild hair (day)
  17. (play your) wild card
  18. wild [caught, harvested]
  19. wild and uncontrolled
  20. wild at heart
  21. [live, walk] on the wild side
  22. [behave, attack, eat] like a wild animal
  23. [one-eyed Jacks, Kings] are wild
  24. wild about [her, pizza, video games]
  25. was [pretty, really, totally] wild
  26. allow [it, their children] to run wild
  27. my [child] is [running, going] wild
  28. her [son, daughter] is driving her wild
  29. the [crowd, audience, fans] went wild
'wild' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abandon - ace - alone - animal - beast - behavior - boar - breed - capture - chase - cheetah - child - chipmunk - corner - cranberry - diamond - dolphin - duck - edible - exist - fighting - fling - flower - forge - game - gentle - gesture - goose - guess - handling - hog - horse - integration - joker - leash - lifespan - loose - mane - monkey - mushroom - nurture - oats - ox - pack - party - penguin - pig - pioneer - plain - plant

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