savages

The word “savages” has 3 syllables: sav-ag-es

It's pronounced as /ˈsæv.ɪdʒ.ɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for savages?

In the thesaurus, “savages” has 129 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for savages along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for savages

  • abuses
  • affronts
  • asperses
  • assails
  • assassins
  • attacks
  • bad-mouths
  • baddies
  • bandits
  • barbarians
  • bashes
  • beasts
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belittles
  • berates
  • blackguards
  • blasphemes
  • blasts
  • bravoes
  • bravos
  • brutes
  • cads
  • caitiffs
  • castigates
  • chastises
  • chides
  • cons
  • convicts
  • criminals
  • criticizes
  • crooks
  • culprits
  • curses
  • cutthroats
  • desperadoes
  • desperados
  • devils
  • disparages
  • evildoers
  • excoriates
  • execrates
  • felons
  • fiends
  • fulminates
  • gangsters
  • goons
  • gunmen
  • harangues
  • harasses
  • harries
  • heathen
  • heathens
  • heavies
  • heels
  • hoodlums
  • hooligans
  • hounds
  • imprecates
  • insults
  • jailbirds
  • knaves
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lawbreakers
  • libels
  • lights into
  • losers
  • lowlifes
  • lowlives
  • malefactors
  • meanies
  • miscreants
  • monsters
  • nazis
  • neanderthals
  • no-goods
  • noble savages
  • offenders
  • outlaws
  • perpetrators
  • perps
  • potshots
  • primitives
  • profanes
  • puts down
  • racketeers
  • rapscallions
  • rascals
  • rebukes
  • reprimands
  • reprobates
  • reviles
  • rogues
  • roughs
  • rowdies
  • ruffians
  • sails into
  • scalawags
  • scallywags
  • scamps
  • scapegraces
  • scathes
  • scolds
  • scoundrels
  • serpents
  • sinners
  • slams
  • slanders
  • slurs
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • thugs
  • ties into
  • toughs
  • traduces
  • transgressors
  • trash
  • trashes
  • trespassers
  • varlets
  • vilifies
  • villainesses
  • villains
  • vipers
  • vituperates
  • whips
  • wretches
  • wrongdoers

Antonyms for savages

Meanings of savages

  • noun
    1. An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
    2. A defiant person.
  • verb
    1. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
    2. To criticise vehemently.
    3. (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
    4. To make savage.

Example Sentences

  • The invading army treated the locals as savages, showing no mercy.
  • The movie portrayed the pirates as ruthless savages of the sea.
  • The stranded explorers feared being attacked by unknown savages.
  • The ancient text described the savages who lived beyond the mountains.
  • Some people unfairly labeled the rebels as savages without understanding their struggle.

On this page you'll find 139 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to savages, such as: abuses, acclaims, affronts, angels, asperses, assails, assassins.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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cads

  • Neanderthals
  • airheads
  • barbarians
  • bastards
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • bleeders
  • blighters
  • blockheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bounders
  • brats
  • brutes
  • buggers
  • buzzards
  • cavemen
  • chuffs
  • churls
  • clowns
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cruds
  • crumbs
  • curs
  • dinks
  • dirtbags
  • dogs
  • dolts
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dweebs
  • finks
  • fools
  • goons
  • half-wits
  • heels
  • hounds
  • idiots
  • imbeciles
  • insolents
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • jokers
  • loudmouths
  • louses
  • louts
  • lowlifes
  • lowlives
  • miscreants
  • morons
  • nerds
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • nuisances
  • nuts
  • pests
  • pills
  • rascals
  • rat finks
  • rats
  • reptiles
  • rogues
  • rotters
  • roughnecks
  • savages
  • scabs
  • scamps
  • schmoes
  • schmucks
  • scoundrels
  • scumbags
  • scums
  • scuzzballs
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • sleazebags
  • sleazeballs
  • sleazes
  • slimeballs
  • slimes
  • slobs
  • snakes
  • snips
  • snobs
  • snoots
  • snots
  • so-and-sos
  • sods
  • sons of guns
  • stinkards
  • stinkers
  • swine
  • toads
  • turkeys
  • varmints
  • vermin
  • villains
  • vulgarians
  • wretches

baddies

  • assassins
  • bandits
  • beasts
  • blackguards
  • bravoes
  • bravos
  • brutes
  • cads
  • caitiffs
  • cons
  • convicts
  • criminals
  • crooks
  • culprits
  • cutthroats
  • desperadoes
  • desperados
  • devils
  • evildoers
  • felons
  • fiends
  • gangsters
  • goons
  • gunmen
  • heavies
  • heels
  • hoodlums
  • hooligans
  • hounds
  • jailbirds
  • knaves
  • lawbreakers
  • losers
  • lowlifes
  • lowlives
  • malefactors
  • meanies
  • miscreants
  • monsters
  • nazis
  • no-goods
  • offenders
  • outlaws
  • perpetrators
  • perps
  • racketeers
  • rapscallions
  • rascals
  • reprobates
  • rogues
  • roughs
  • rowdies
  • ruffians
  • savages
  • scalawags
  • scallywags
  • scamps
  • scapegraces
  • scoundrels
  • serpents
  • sinners
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • thugs
  • toughs
  • transgressors
  • trash
  • trespassers
  • varlets
  • villainesses
  • villains
  • vipers
  • wretches
  • wrongdoers

caitiffs

  • assassins
  • baddies
  • bandits
  • beasts
  • blackguards
  • bravoes
  • bravos
  • brutes
  • cads
  • cons
  • convicts
  • criminals
  • crooks
  • culprits
  • cutthroats
  • desperadoes
  • desperados
  • devils
  • evildoers
  • felons
  • fiends
  • gangsters
  • goons
  • gunmen
  • heavies
  • heels
  • hoodlums
  • hooligans
  • hounds
  • jailbirds
  • knaves
  • lawbreakers
  • losers
  • lowlifes
  • lowlives
  • malefactors
  • meanies
  • miscreants
  • monsters
  • nazis
  • no-goods
  • offenders
  • outlaws
  • perpetrators
  • perps
  • racketeers
  • rapscallions
  • rascals
  • reprobates
  • rogues
  • roughs
  • rowdies
  • ruffians
  • savages
  • scalawags
  • scallywags
  • scamps
  • scapegraces
  • scoundrels
  • serpents
  • sinners
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • thugs
  • toughs
  • transgressors
  • trash
  • trespassers
  • varlets
  • villainesses
  • villains
  • vipers
  • wretches
  • wrongdoers

jerks

  • Neanderthals
  • agitates
  • airheads
  • barbarians
  • bastards
  • beasts
  • beats
  • birdbrains
  • bleeders
  • blighters
  • blockheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bounders
  • brats
  • brutes
  • buckets
  • bucks
  • buggers
  • bumps
  • buzzards
  • cads
  • cavemen
  • chatters
  • chuffs
  • churls
  • clowns
  • convulses
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cruds
  • crumbs
  • curs
  • dinks
  • dirtbags
  • dodders
  • dogs
  • dolts
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • drags
  • draws
  • dufuses
  • dweebs
  • fiddles
  • fidgets
  • finks
  • flickers
  • flits
  • fluctuates
  • flutters
  • fools
  • goons
  • grabs
  • half-wits
  • hauls
  • heels
  • hitches
  • hoicks
  • hounds
  • idiots
  • imbeciles
  • insolents
  • jackasses
  • jiggles
  • jigs
  • joggles
  • jogs
  • jokers
  • jolts
  • jounces
  • judders
  • loudmouths
  • louses
  • louts
  • lowlifes
  • lowlives
  • lugs
  • lurches
  • miscreants
  • morons
  • nerds
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • nuisances
  • nuts
  • oscillates
  • paces
  • palpitates
  • pests
  • pills
  • pit-a-pats
  • pitches
  • pitter-patters
  • plucks
  • pulls
  • pulsates
  • pulses
  • quakes
  • quavers
  • quivers
  • rascals
  • rat finks
  • rats
  • reptiles
  • rips
  • rocks
  • rogues
  • rotters
  • roughnecks
  • savages
  • scabs
  • scamps
  • schmoes
  • schmucks
  • scoundrels
  • scumbags
  • scums
  • scuzzballs
  • shakes
  • shivers
  • shudders
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • sleazebags
  • sleazeballs
  • sleazes
  • slimeballs
  • slimes
  • slobs
  • snakes
  • snatches
  • snips
  • snobs
  • snoots
  • snots
  • so-and-sos
  • sods
  • sons of guns
  • squiggles
  • squirms
  • staggers
  • stinkards
  • stinkers
  • sways
  • swine
  • swings
  • tears
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thrills
  • throbs
  • toads
  • tosses
  • tows
  • trembles
  • tugs
  • turkeys
  • tweaks
  • twists
  • twitches
  • twitters
  • undulates
  • varmints
  • vermin
  • vibrates
  • villains
  • vulgarians
  • wabbles
  • wavers
  • waves
  • wiggles
  • wobbles
  • wrenches
  • wrests
  • wretches
  • wriggles
  • wrings
  • writhes
  • yanks

lambastes

  • abuses
  • admonishes
  • affronts
  • asperses
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bad-mouths
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • bawls out
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belittles
  • belts
  • berates
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackguards
  • blackjacks
  • blames
  • blasphemes
  • blasts
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • calls down
  • canes
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • chides
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • condemns
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • criticizes
  • crucifies
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • curses
  • denounces
  • disparages
  • disses
  • does
  • dresses down
  • drubs
  • excoriates
  • execrates
  • faults
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flays
  • flogs
  • fulminates
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • harangues
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • imprecates
  • insults
  • jaws
  • keelhauls
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays into
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • lectures
  • libels
  • licks
  • lights into
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mocks
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pans
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • potshots
  • pounds
  • profanes
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • puts down
  • rags
  • raids
  • rates
  • rawhides
  • rebukes
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • reviles
  • ridicules
  • rushes
  • sails into
  • savages
  • scathes
  • scoffs
  • scolds
  • scores
  • scorns
  • scourges
  • slams
  • slanders
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • slurs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • storms
  • straps
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • takes to task
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • ties into
  • tongue-lashes
  • traduces
  • trashes
  • tromps
  • upbraids
  • vilifies
  • vituperates
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

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