Synonyms for ferocious
fəˈroʊ ʃəsfe·ro·cious

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1. ferociousadjective

   Synonyms:
   fierce

2. ferociousadjective

   Marked by extreme and violent energy.

   Synonyms:
   fierce

3. ferociousadjective

   Extreme or intense.

   Synonyms:
   fierce

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ferocious

   Fierce signifies having a furious and cruel nature, or being in a furious and cruel mood, more commonly the latter. It applies to that which is now intensely excited, or liable to intense and sudden excitement. Ferocious refers to a state or disposition; that which is fierce flashes or blazes; that which is ferocious steadily burns; we speak of a ferocious animal, a fierce passion. A fiery spirit with a good disposition is quickly excitable in a good cause, but may not be fierce or ferocious. Savage signifies untrained, uncultivated. Ferocious always denotes a tendency to violence; it is more distinctly bloodthirsty than the other words; a person may be deeply, intensely cruel, and not at all ferocious; a ferocious countenance expresses habitual ferocity; a fierce countenance may express habitual fierceness, or only the sudden anger of the moment. That which is wild is simply unrestrained; the word may imply no anger or harshness; as, wild delight, wild alarm.

   Synonyms:
   fierce, fiery, furious, impetuous, raging, savage, uncultivated, untrained, violent, wild

   Antonyms:
   affectionate, docile, gentle, harmless, kind, mild, patient, peaceful, submissive, sweet, tame, tender

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageadjective

   marked by extreme and violent energy

   "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

   Synonyms:
   angered, rough, trigger-happy, uncivilized, savage, barbarous, angry, cutthroat, infuriated, tempestuous, furious, raging, violent, fell, fierce, barbaric, feral, cruel, enraged, vehement, maddened, roughshod, tearing, boisterous, barbarian, uncivilised, bowelless, vicious, brutal, ferine, wild

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ferociousadjective

   Synonyms:
   untamed (like a wild beast), savage, fierce, wild, ravenous, rapacious, ferine

2. ferociousadjective

   Synonyms:
   barbarous, cruel, inhuman, brutal, fell, ruthless, relentless, merciless, pitiless, sanguinary, bloody, vandalic

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1. ferociousadjective

   Synonyms:
   rapacious, ravenous, truculent, fell, savage

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1. List of paraphrases for "ferocious":

   fierce, brutal, savage, vicious

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1. Jacqui McCullagh:

   Boats washed ashore, houses without roofs, windows smashed in, trees snapped in half, gum trees torn out of the ground and those that do remain standing, are bare and lifeless, the wind gusts were so ferocious, they sounded like freight trains passing by. The concrete walls were shaking non-stop all day.

2. Justin Sayfie:

   I would not want to be someone who's on the receiving end of Jeb Bush's competitiveness. It's ferocious when it needs to be.

3. United States:

   If this United States administration always treats other countries, companies or individuals in a ferocious way, then no one would dare invest in the United States.

4. Donald Trump:

   Bill Clinton and Barack Obama mission is the story of an epic battle and the ferocious eternal struggle between good and evil.

5. Mahmoud Abbas:

   Today is one of the most ferocious days our people have seen, before we were suffering from illegal Israeli settlements. Now it's another illegal settlement by the Israel and Ivanka Trump.