Phrase guide

in the wild

prep_phrase · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Living and roaming freely in nature; not domesticated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep_phrase

Meaning 2

At large.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

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Meaning 3

In practical use, as opposed to in a dictionary or wordlist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • This word is very rare; it may be difficult to find usages of it in the wild.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

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Meaning 4

By coincidence in the course of everyday life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • I'd seen this stock photo in memes a hundred times, but yesterday I saw it in the wild, illustrating a magazine article.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: in het wild — not domesticated
  • Dutch: in de natuur — not domesticated
  • Finnish: luonnossa — not domesticated
  • Finnish: vapaana — not domesticated
  • French: dans la nature — not domesticated
  • German: in freier Natur — not domesticated
  • German: in freier Wildbahn — not domesticated
  • German: wildlebend — not domesticated
  • Polish: na wolności — not domesticated
  • Portuguese: na natureza — not domesticated
  • Russian: на во́ле (na vóle) — not domesticated
  • Russian: в ди́кой приро́де (v díkoj priróde) — not domesticated
  • Turkish: doğada — not domesticated
  • Turkish: tabiatta — not domesticated
  • Yiddish: אויף דער נאַטור (oyf der natúr) — not domesticated
  • Yiddish: אין שויס פֿון דער נאַטור (in shoys fun der natúr) — not domesticated
  • Finnish: luonnossa — at large
  • Finnish: vapaana — at large
  • Polish: na wolności — at large
  • Dutch: in het wild — in language use
  • Finnish: luonnossa — in language use
  • Polish: na wolności — in language use