- Noun - 1. a member of an uncivilized people - 2. a cruelly rapacious person 
- Verb - 1. attack brutally and fiercely - 2. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President""The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
- Adjective - 1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime""brutal beatings""cruel tortures""Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks""a savage slap""vicious kicks"- 2. wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"- 3. without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders""barbaric practices""a savage people""fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade"wild tribes"- 4. marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating""fierce fighting""a furious battle"