Definition of savage

• a. - Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
• a. - Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
• a. - Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
• a. - Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
• n. - A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
• n. - A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
• v. t. - To make savage.