savagery
The word “savagery” has 3 syllables: sav-age-ry
It's pronounced as /ˈsæv.ɪdʒ.ri/
What is synonym and antonym for savagery?
In the thesaurus, “savagery” has 66 synonyms and 20 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for savagery along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for savagery
- animality
- atrociousness
- atrocity
- barbarism
- barbarity
- barbarousness
- bestiality
- bloodlust
- bloodthirstiness
- brutality
- brutishness
- callousness
- cattiness
- coarseness
- coldness
- cruelness
- cruelty
- depravity
- despitefulness
- despotism
- fellness
- ferociousness
- ferocity
- fiendishness
- fierceness
- grimness
- hard-heartedness
- hardhandedness
- harshness
- hatefulness
- heartlessness
- heavy-handedness
- inhumanity
- inhumanness
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- malevolence
- malice
- maliciousness
- malignity
- masochism
- meanness
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- nastiness
- oppressiveness
- persecution
- pitilessness
- rancor
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- sanguineness
- sanguinity
- savageness
- severity
- spite
- spitefulness
- torture
- truculence
- truculency
- unfeelingness
- unkindness
- venom
- viciousness
- wantonness
- wickedness
Antonyms for savagery
- benignity
- charitableness
- clemency
- compassion
- good-heartedness
- humaneness
- humanity
- kindheartedness
- kindness
- leniency
- love
- mercifulness
- mercy
- pity
- sympathy
- tenderheartedness
- tenderness
- warmheartedness
- warmness
- warmth
Meanings of savagery
- noun
- Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
- A violent act of cruelty.
- Savages collectively; the world of savages.
- Wild growth of plants.
Example Sentences
- The warriors fought with incredible savagery on the battlefield.
- The documentary exposed the savagery of the illegal hunting trade.
- His unexpected savagery in the argument shocked everyone.
- The novel describes the savagery of ancient wars in brutal detail.
- The wild animal attacked with pure savagery, leaving no chance for escape.
On this page you'll find 86 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to savagery, such as: animality, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness, benignity.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
barbarity
- atrociousness
- atrocity
- barbarousness
- bloodlust
- bloodthirstiness
- boorishness
- brutality
- cattiness
- crudeness
- cruelness
- cruelty
- despitefulness
- fellness
- ferociousness
- ferocity
- fiendishness
- fierceness
- grimness
- hard-heartedness
- hardhandedness
- harshness
- hatefulness
- heartlessness
- heavy-handedness
- inhumanity
- inhumanness
- malevolence
- maliciousness
- malignity
- meanness
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- nastiness
- oppressiveness
- pitilessness
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- sanguineness
- sanguinity
- savageness
- savagery
- spitefulness
- truculence
- unfeelingness
- viciousness
- vulgarity
- wantonness
barbarousness
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callousness
- affectlessness
- alienation
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- animality
- apathy
- armor
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- bawdiness
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- blankness
- bloodlessness
- bloodthirstiness
- boorishness
- brutality
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- callosity
- carelessness
- coarseness
- cold shoulder
- cold-bloodedness
- coldness
- coolness
- crassness
- crudity
- cruelty
- deadness
- depravity
- despotism
- detachment
- disdain
- disinterest
- disinterestedness
- disloyalty
- dispassion
- disregard
- earthiness
- elephant skin
- emotionlessness
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- equity
- ferocity
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- halfheartedness
- hard shell
- hard-heartedness
- hardness
- harshness
- heartlessness
- heedlessness
- immunity
- impartiality
- impassiveness
- impassivity
- imperturbability
- imperviousness
- inattention
- inconsequence
- inconsequentiality
- inconsequentialness
- inconsiderateness
- indelicacy
- indifference
- inertia
- inhumanity
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- insensitivity
- insignificance
- insignificancy
- insouciance
- isolationism
- lack
- lethargy
- listlessness
- malice
- maliciousness
- malignity
- masochism
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- negligence
- neutrality
- nonchalance
- noninterference
- numbness
- obduracy
- objectivity
- offensiveness
- persecution
- phlegm
- poor taste
- rancor
- rawness
- rhinoceros hide
- ribaldry
- roughness
- rudeness
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- savagery
- severity
- smut
- smuttiness
- spite
- spitefulness
- stiffness
- stoicism
- thanklessness
- thick hide
- thick shell
- thoughtlessness
- torpor
- torture
- truculence
- truculency
- unconcern
- uncouthness
- unevenness
- unfeelingness
- unimportance
- unkindness
- unmindfulness
- unrefinement
- unthankfulness
- vacancy
- venom
- viciousness
- violence
- wickedness
- woodenness
maiming
- assault
- attack
- banging
- barbarity
- bashing
- battering
- battery
- batting
- beating
- belting
- bludgeoning
- boxing
- breaking
- browbeating
- bruising
- brutality
- buffeting
- bulldozing
- bullying
- bunging up
- clubbing
- crippling
- cudgeling
- cudgelling
- damage
- damaging
- detriment
- disabling
- disfiguring
- dismembering
- drubbing
- flogging
- force
- foul play
- frenzy
- fury
- goring
- hammering
- hamstringing
- harm
- harming
- hectoring
- hitting
- hobbling
- hurt
- hurting
- impairing
- impairment
- incapacitating
- injuring
- injury
- killing
- kneecapping
- lacerating
- lacing
- lambasting
- laming
- lashing
- licking
- mangling
- mauling
- mayhem
- murdering
- mutilating
- mutilation
- onslaught
- outbreak
- outrage
- paddling
- paralyzing
- paroxysm
- pasting
- pelting
- pommeling
- pommelling
- pounding
- pummeling
- pummelling
- punching
- rage
- rampage
- revolt
- riot
- rupture
- savagery
- scarring
- shock
- slapping
- smacking
- smashing
- socking
- spanking
- storm
- strong-arming
- swatting
- swiping
- terror
- thrashing
- threat
- thumping
- thwacking
- tormenting
- torturing
- tromping
- tumult
- turbulence
- upheaval
- uproar
- violence
- walloping
- whacking
- whaling
- whipping
- winging
- wounding
paddling
- KO
- ambush
- annihilation
- assailing
- assault
- assaulting
- attack
- attacking
- barbarity
- bashing
- basting
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- batting
- beating
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- belaboring
- belting
- besetting
- birching
- blackjacking
- blow
- bludgeoning
- boxing
- break
- breakdown
- browbeating
- brutality
- buffeting
- bulldozing
- bullying
- bunging up
- busting
- caning
- canoeing
- check
- chopping
- clobbering
- clouting
- clubbing
- collapse
- conquest
- count
- cowhiding
- cracking
- crippling
- cruising
- cudgeling
- cudgelling
- cuffing
- currying
- damage
- debacle
- defeasance
- destruction
- detriment
- discomfiture
- doing
- downthrow
- drifting
- drubbing
- embarrassment
- extermination
- failure
- fall
- feathering
- fibbing
- flagellating
- flagellation
- flogging
- force
- foul play
- frenzy
- fury
- fustigating
- goring
- hammering
- harm
- hectoring
- hiding
- hitting
- horsewhipping
- hurt
- impairment
- injury
- insuccess
- kayaking
- killing
- knocking
- lacerating
- lacing
- lambasting
- lamming
- lashing
- lathering
- laying on
- leathering
- licking
- loss
- maiming
- mangling
- massacre
- mastery
- mauling
- mayhem
- mutilating
- mutilation
- nonsuccess
- oaring
- onslaught
- outbreak
- outrage
- overthrow
- paroxysm
- pasting
- pelting
- pistol-whipping
- poling
- pommeling
- pommelling
- pounding
- pulling
- pummeling
- pummelling
- punching
- punching out
- punting
- rage
- raiding
- rampage
- rawhiding
- rebuff
- repulse
- reverse
- revolt
- riot
- rout
- rowing
- ruin
- rupture
- rushing
- sailing
- savagery
- scalping
- scourging
- sculling
- setback
- shellacking
- shock
- slamming
- slapping
- slating
- slaughter
- slogging
- smacking
- smashing
- socking
- spanking
- storm
- storming
- strapping
- strong-arming
- subjugation
- swatting
- swiping
- switching
- tanning
- terror
- thrashing
- threat
- threshing
- thumping
- thwacking
- trap
- trashing
- trawling
- trimming
- triumph
- tromping
- trouncing
- tumult
- turbulence
- upheaval
- uproar
- vanquishment
- violence
- walloping
- waxing
- whacking
- whaling
- whamming
- whapping
- whipping
- whitewashing
- whomping
- whopping
- whupping
- working over
- wounding
- yachting