UNTAMED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

untamed

adjective

ˌən-ˈtāmd

Definition of untamed

as in wild

existing without human habitation or cultivation a dangerous and untamed land

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as in feral

living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans tried to capture the untamed horse

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Recent Examples of untamed Only one of three central banks opted to hold rates in the face of increasingly untamed inflation. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026 Beyond the conventional routes lie some of the world’s most striking volcanic highlands, black-sand beaches, and untamed wilderness—landscapes that reward those willing to venture farther afield. — Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026 Milagros Pica Quiñones’ small concrete home is an untamed menagerie of bottles, paint buckets, bleach and laundry detergent jugs. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 The boat falls into a sewer, and, as the boy goes to retrieve it, a face appears out of darkness—a clown, with spotless, uncanny white skin, a bulbous red nose, and untamed red hair. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for untamed

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Unpacking Meta's wild week Meta delivered a strong third quarter Wednesday evening, but worries about negative free cash flow and its AI spending needs upstaged strong guidance and a promising roadmap for its viral Muse AI agent.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
The film is a wild, frequently grotesque spectacle that careens between horror, action, slapstick, and black comedy.

— Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of wild

Adjective

While uptight Elinor excels at hiding her feelings for the similarly taciturn Edward, Marianne goes wild (nearly feral, really) when new neighbor Willoughby saves her from physical injury (literally sweeping her off her feet and a wincing ankle).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
The murder of the family is graphic enough, but what happens to Ethan and Ivy is far more perverse, especially when Ivy’s apparently dead body is defiled by one of the feral desert gang members.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of feral

Adjective

The first of these territories to be claimed were uninhabited islands, such as Howland Island in the southwestern Pacific and Navassa Island in the Caribbean, under the auspices of the Guano Islands Act of 1856.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Researchers from the Archaeological Legacy Institute and Purdue University embarked this month on the Taraia Object expedition in Nikumaroro, an uninhabited coral atoll in the Phoenix Islands belonging to the Republic of Kiribati.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of uninhabited

Adjective

The Summer Villas project, proposed for an undeveloped parcel southeast of the intersection of Sheldon and Waterman roads, seeks to amend the city’s general plan to remove the site from the rural area and allow higher-density housing.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The family decamped to a patch of as-yet-undeveloped swampland near the Everglades, convinced that others would join them.

— Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of undeveloped

Adjective

From blazing stars and diminutive buttercups to uncultivated roses and sunflowers, the Midwest is blessed with many gorgeous native wildflowers.

— Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 20 Apr. 2026
Down these uncultivated paths, Horace’s Lydia, Tibullus’s Delia, and Ovid’s Corinna had passed, but only Virgil’s Philomela remained.

— Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of uncultivated

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This would've already been an abnormal natural hot spell on top of a huge amount of climate change, Barnes said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
After 100,000 years, radiation levels will decay back to those of natural uranium ore.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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