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1. United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
   - Thornton Wilder, Thornton Niven Wilder
    
2. United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humour infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
   - Billy Wilder, Samuel Wilder

1. In a natural state; not tamed, domesticated or cultivated
   "edible wild plants"; "wild geese";
   - untamed
    
2. Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
   "wild talk"; "wild parties"
    
3. In a state of extreme emotion
   "wild with anger"; "wild with grief"
    
4. Deviating widely from an intended course
   "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch"
    
5. (of colours or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
   "wild colours"; "wild shouts";
   - violent
    
6. Without a basis in reason or fact
   "wild gossip";
   - baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted
    
7. Talking or behaving irrationally
   - raving mad, raving
    
8. Involving risk or danger
   "a wild financial scheme";
   - hazardous, risky
    
9. Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
   "a wild idea of his own importance";
   - fantastic
    
10. Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
    "a wild stretch of land";
    - godforsaken, waste
     
11. Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
    "wild about cars and racing";
    - crazy, dotty [informal], gaga [informal]
     
12. Without civilizing influences
    "wild tribes";
    - barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit]
     
13. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
    "wild clouds on the horizon";
    - angry, furious, raging, tempestuous

See also: chaotic, dangerous, delirious, disorderly, enthusiastic, excited, feral, ferine, frantic, frenzied, inhospitable, insane, intense, intractable, keen, mad, manic, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, passionate, procellous [archaic], savage, semi-wild, stormy, unbroken, uncontrolled, undomesticated, unquiet, unrealistic, unrestrained, unsafe, unsubdued, unsupported, wildness

Type of: author, dramatist, film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker, playwright, writer

Antonym: tame

Encyclopedia: Wilder, Michael