Civilised and Wild

Civilised

Civilised adjective - Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological.

Wild is an antonym for civilised.

Wild

Wild adjective - Living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans.

Civilised is an antonym for wild.

Nearby Words: wildly, wilding, wilde

Both words in one sentence

  • Time Abyss His mother, Winnowill saw her tribe of elves go from wild forest dwellers to civilised, was cut off from them and watched/played with humans for some ten thousand years.
    Source: Time Abyss
  • The Edwardian Era The narrator contrasts the "civilised" Eastern United States and Europe with the American West, which is still wild and violent, though slowly becoming less so.
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Wild or Civilised. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/civilised/wild.
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