wilder
/ˈwaɪldə(ɹ)/US/ˈwaɪldɚ/
wilder is the comparative form of wild.
Meaning of wild
Adjective
wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildest)
- Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
- Near-synonym: indigenous
- Synonyms:
- feral, indomite, tameless, indigenous
- Antonyms:
- tame
- Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- Antonyms:
- tame
- From or relating to wild creatures.
- wild honey
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.
- Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- The aircraft's navigational equipment should not be powered from the wild AC bus except in an emergency, as its computers can be damaged by variations in electrical frequency.
Verb
UK/ˈwɪldə(ɹ)/US/ˈwɪldɚ/
wilder (third-person singular simple present wilders, present participle wildering, simple past and past participle wildered)
Proper noun capitalized: Wilder
Wilder (countable and uncountable, plural Wilders)
- A surname.
- A ghost town in California.
- A city in Canyon County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas.
- A city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
- A minor city in Jackson County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee.
- A census-designated place and village in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont.
Forms of wilder
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | wilders |
| present participle | wildering |
| past participle | wildered |
| past | wildered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wilders |
Origin of wilder
From wild.
From wild, probably suggested by wilderness, and as to form by wander.
Words formed from wilder
Phrases with wilder
Words that rhyme with wilder
Questions about wilder
- What does wilder mean?
- Wilder means to bewilder, perplex.
- What is wilder the comparative form of?
- Wilder is the comparative form of wild.
- What part of speech is wilder?
- Wilder can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wilder?
- Wilder is pronounced /ˈwaɪldə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of wilder?
- The past tense of wilder is wildered.
Words near wilder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wilder (page history and authors); Wilder (page history and authors); wild (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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