Noun
savage -
a member of an uncivilized people
barbarian
primitive person ,
primitive a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
anthropophagite ,
anthropophagus ,
cannibal ,
man-eater a person who eats human flesh
head-shrinker ,
headhunter a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
hunter-gatherer a member of a hunting and gathering society
vandal someone who willfully destroys or defaces property
savage -
a cruelly rapacious person
beast ,
wolf ,
brute ,
wildcat
assailant ,
assaulter ,
attacker ,
aggressor someone who attacks
Verb
savage -
attack brutally and fiercely
set on ,
assail ,
assault ,
attack attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman" ; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
savage -
criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President" ; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
blast ,
pillory ,
crucify
pick apart ,
criticise ,
criticize ,
knock act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
