of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.-wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.-uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.-characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.-a human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.-a man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.-to make savage.