Standard Lemma guide

untamed

adj · 2 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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Pronunciation

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  • /ʌnˈteɪmd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The mustang is an untamed horse that roams where it wants, with little interest in humans.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feral, indomite, tameless, ferine, savage, uplandish, untame, untamed, wild

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • wild geese
  • edible wild plants

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wild

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English untamed, untemed, equivalent to un- + tamed and/or untame + -ed. Compare Dutch ongetemd (“untamed”), German ungezähmt (“untamed”), Danish utæmmet (“untamed”), Swedish otämd (“untamed”), Icelandic ótamin (“untamed”).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَحْشِيّ (waḥšiyy) — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Arabic: بَرِّيّ (barriyy) — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Catalan: indòmit — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Danish: utæmmet — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Dutch: ongetemd — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Finnish: villi — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Finnish: kesyttämätön — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (unmanariggws) — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδάμαστος (adámastos) — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνήμερος (anḗmeros) — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Hebrew: לא מבוית — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Hebrew: פראי — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Hungarian: szelídítetlen — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Irish: ainriata — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Irish: éigeansa — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Irish: fiáin — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Irish: gan smacht — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Irish: neamhcheansaithe — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Italian: selvatico — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Italian: brado — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Kapampangan: lasip — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Latin: indomitus — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Macedonian: не́скротлив (néskrotliv) — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Macedonian: див (div) — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Māori: pāwhara — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utemmet — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utemma — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utemt — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Portuguese: xucro — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Russian: ди́кий (díkij) — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Spanish: indómito — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Spanish: chúcaro — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Spanish: bravío — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Spanish: cerril — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Spanish: cerrero — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact
  • Spanish: díscolo — Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact