1. (a.) Uncivilized; barbarous; untamed; of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

2. (a.) Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.

3. (a.) Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.

4. (a.) Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.

5. (n.) A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

6. (n.) A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

7. (v. t.) To make savage.