Fera

Part of speech: adjective, noun

Definitions

1. Describing a wild or untamed animal; referring to a savage or ferocious creature; indicating something natural and undomesticated in behavior or origin
2. Characterizing an entity that is primal and fierce; pertaining to animals living largely without human control; signifying raw, uncontrolled natural force
3. Relating to beasts or wildlife that exhibit aggressive or untamed traits; associated with feral or primitive conditions; denoting the state of being wild and unrestrained

Etymology: The English word comes straight from Italian, where "fera" is a noun for a wild beast, an animal that lives outside human control. Its ancestor is Latin "fera," the feminine form of "ferus," meaning wild or untamed, so the idea of the untamed creature is built into the word from the start. Its English senses of primal, fierce, and raw natural force grow out of that core image of a creature beyond human control, which is why the word is so closely tied to the wild.

Synonyms: wild, untamed, feral, savage

Antonyms: domestic, tame, cultivated