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Violent

🔄 Synonyms of "Violent"

23 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lurid	Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
vehement	Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
intense	Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
wildnoun	Untamed; not domesticated.
fierce	Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
hotverb	Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
ferocious	Extreme or intense.
toughverb	(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
crimsonnoun	A deep, slightly bluish red.
convulsive	Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
furious	Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
bloodynoun	(informal, British, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly vulgar) Used as an intensifier.
ragingnoun	(of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
rampageous	Violent and boisterous; unruly.
unnaturalnoun	Not natural.
tearingnoun	The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
lashingnoun	Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
ruffianly	Like or having the qualities of a ruffian.
knockdown-dragoutnoun	A knockdown-dragout fight; a free-for-all.
knock-down-and-drag-outnoun	Alternative form of knockdown-dragout. [A knockdown-dragout fight; a free-for-all.]
rednoun	(countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
savagenoun	Fierce and ferocious.
terroristnoun	A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.

↔️ Antonyms of "Violent"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
nonviolent	Alternative form of non-violent. [(Of a deed, event etc.) Without violence.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Violent"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
intense	Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
fierce	Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
ferocious	Extreme or intense.
rampageous	Violent and boisterous; unruly.
raging	(of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
knockdown-dragout	Of a fight or battle, markedly violent.
ruffianly	Like or having the qualities of a ruffian.
furious	Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
vehement	Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
tough	(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
savagenoun	Fierce and ferocious.
lurid	Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
wild	Untamed; not domesticated.
tearing	(colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact
terrorist	Of or relating to terrorism.
hot	Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
lashingnoun	Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
bloody	(informal, British, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly vulgar) Used as an intensifier.
unnatural	Not natural.
convulsive	Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.