Synonyms of savage

1. savage, barbarian, primitive, primitive person: usage: a member of an uncivilized people
2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat, attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter: usage: a cruelly rapacious person

1. savage, assail, assault, set on, attack: usage: attack brutally and fiercely
2. savage, blast, pillory, crucify, knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart: usage: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious, inhumane (vs. humane): usage: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
2. feral, ferine, savage, wild (vs. tame), untamed: usage: wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs"
3. barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild, noncivilized (vs. civilized), noncivilised: usage: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
4. ferocious, fierce, furious, savage, violent (vs. nonviolent): usage: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"