Territorial
Territorial adjective - Of or relating to a territory.
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Wild and territorial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wild" instead an adjective "Territorial".
Nearby Words: territory, territorially
Wild
Wild adjective - Living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans.
Territorial and wild are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Territorial" instead an adjective "Wild".
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- Getting too close to wild animals, activating their territorial instincts, and just generally failing every rule for how to treat wild animals like they're going down a checklist.
Source: Animal Wrongs Group - Nature Is Not Nice: Wild Pokémon are more aggressive and territorial in this timeline (though generally not as bad as they used to be), and the natural world is considerably harsher to humans and Pokémon alike.
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Wild and Territorial. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/territorial/wild
Territorial & Wild. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/territorial/wild>.
Wild or Territorial. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/territorial/wild.
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