What is another word for fierce?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈi͡əs], [ fˈiəs], [ f_ˈiə_s]
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Similar words for fierce:
- angry (adjective)
- bad (adjective)
- destructive (adjective)
- enthusiastic (adjective)
- excitable (adjective)
- feral (adjective)
- heightened (adjective)
- ireful (adjective)
- sensitive (adjective)
- strong (adjective)
- untamed (adjective)
- violent (adjective)
- vulgar (adjective)
- wolflike (adjective)
- acute (adjective)
- agonizing (adjective)
- ardent (adjective)
- barbaric (adjective)
- belligerent (adjective)
- bitter (adjective)
- bloody (adjective)
- concentrated (adjective)
- cruel (adjective)
- dire (adjective)
- dog-eat-dog (adjective)
- exquisite (adjective)
- ferocious (adjective)
- fiery (adjective)
- formidable (adjective)
- furious (adjective)
- glowing (adjective)
- grim (adjective)
- grueling (adjective)
- gruff (adjective)
- heated (adjective)
- hot (adjective)
- impassioned (adjective)
- impetuous (adjective)
- inhuman (adjective)
- inhuman/inhumane (adjective)
- intense (adjective)
- keen (adjective)
- lawless (adjective)
- lupine (adjective)
- merciless (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- passionate (adjective)
- piercing (adjective)
- primitive (adjective)
- relentless (adjective)
- remorseless (adjective)
- ruthless (adjective)
- savage (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- terrific (adjective)
- tormenting (adjective)
- tough (adjective)
- truculent (adjective)
- tumultous/tumultuous (adjective)
- tumultuous (adjective)
- turbulent (adjective)
- unpleasant (adjective)
- vehement (adjective)
- vicious (adjective)
- violent, menacing (adjective)
- wicked (adjective)
- wild (adjective)
- bowelless (noun)
- fierce (noun)
- ferocious
- fierce
- intense
- murderous
- riotous
- uncivilized
- unkind
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Fierce:
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adj.
• angry • bad • destructive • enthusiastic- keen .
- Agitable ,
- Alarmable ,
- Hot-headed ,
- galvanic ,
- over-zealous ,
- short fused ,
- volcanic ,
- fidgety ,
- hysterical ,
- mercurial ,
- overzealous ,
- reckless ,
- temperamental .
- abusive ,
- assaultive ,
- brawling ,
- broiling ,
- fighting ,
- frenzied ,
- outrageous ,
- raging ,
- tumultuous ,
- uproarious ,
- vehement .
- more acute ,
- more racking ,
- more shooting ,
- most racking ,
- most shooting ,
- over powering ,
- over whelming ,
- over-powering ,
- over-whelming .
- extreme ,
- more struggling ,
- more tearing ,
- more torturing ,
- most struggling ,
- most tearing ,
- most torturing ,
- torturing .
- horny ,
- loveydovey ,
- more eager ,
- more fervent ,
- more lovey dovey ,
- more lovey-dovey ,
- more loveydovey ,
- most fervid ,
- most lovey dovey ,
- most lovey-dovey ,
- most loveydovey ,
- thirsty .
- flip ,
- flippest ,
- have a bone pick ,
- have bone pick ,
- have bone to pick ,
- have chip on shoulder ,
- have chip shoulder ,
- have in for ,
- have it for ,
- hot tempered ,
- more battling ,
- most battling ,
- on outs .
- be grudging ,
- be-grudging ,
- more begrudging ,
- more estranged ,
- morose ,
- most begrudging ,
- most estranged ,
- with chip shoulder .
- cold blooded ,
- de generate ,
- de-generate ,
- flinty ,
- hard hearted ,
- in exorable ,
- in-exorable ,
- monstrous ,
- more brutish ,
- more demoniac ,
- more evil ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- most brutish ,
- most demoniac ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- painful ,
- re vengeful ,
- re-vengeful ,
- un feeling ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un natural ,
- un relenting ,
- un-feeling ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- un-natural ,
- un-relenting .
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- more oppressing ,
- more scowling ,
- most oppressing ,
- most scowling ,
- portentous ,
- re doubtable ,
- re-doubtable ,
- ruinous ,
- un fortunate ,
- un-fortunate .
- feller ,
- fellest ,
- more ravening ,
- more tigerish ,
- more wolfish ,
- most ravening ,
- most tigerish ,
- most wolfish ,
- un-restrained .
- flickering ,
- hot blooded ,
- hot-blooded ,
- ignited ,
- more aflame ,
- more alight ,
- more flaring ,
- more igneous ,
- more ignited ,
- most aflame ,
- most alight ,
- most flaring ,
- most igneous ,
- most ignited ,
- most precipitate .
- bent out shape ,
- fit be tied ,
- in sane ,
- in saner ,
- in sanest ,
- in-sane ,
- in-saner ,
- more blustering ,
- more corybantic ,
- more hacked ,
- more intensified ,
- more maniac ,
- more rampageous ,
- more smoking ,
- more steamed ,
- most blustering ,
- most corybantic ,
- most hacked ,
- most intensified ,
- most maniac ,
- most rampageous ,
- most smoking ,
- most steamed ,
- on warpath ,
- steamed ,
- un governable ,
- un reasonable ,
- un-governable ,
- un-reasonable ,
- up arms .
- more adulatory ,
- more eulogistic ,
- more panegyrical ,
- most adulatory ,
- most eulogistic ,
- most panegyrical ,
- ravest .
- forbidding ,
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- grisly ,
- in tractable ,
- in-tractable ,
- more foreboding ,
- more glowering ,
- most crabbed ,
- most foreboding ,
- most glowering ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- stern ,
- un yielding ,
- un-yielding .
- dis courteous ,
- dis-courteous ,
- gruff ,
- ill natured ,
- illnatured ,
- more bearish ,
- most bearish ,
- un civil ,
- un gracious ,
- un mannerly ,
- un-civil ,
- un-gracious ,
- un-mannerly .
- in spired ,
- in-spired ,
- inspired ,
- more overemotional ,
- more white hot ,
- more white-hot ,
- more whitehot ,
- most overemotional ,
- most white hot ,
- most white-hot ,
- most whitehot ,
- mushy ,
- over emotional ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- starry eyed ,
- starryeyed ,
- white hot ,
- whitehot ,
- wild about .
- Subitaneous ,
- going deep end ,
- going off deep end ,
- head long ,
- head-long ,
- headlong ,
- more subitaneous ,
- more unreflecting ,
- most subitaneous ,
- most unreflecting ,
- spur of the moment ,
- spur-of-the-moment ,
- un bridled ,
- un expected ,
- un planned ,
- un premeditated ,
- un reflecting ,
- un thinking ,
- un-bridled ,
- un-expected ,
- un-planned ,
- un-premeditated ,
- un-reflecting ,
- un-thinking ,
- unreflecting .
- all consuming ,
- allconsuming ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more all consuming ,
- more all-consuming ,
- more allconsuming ,
- most all consuming ,
- most all-consuming ,
- most allconsuming ,
- un due ,
- un duer ,
- un duest ,
- un-due ,
- un-duer ,
- un-duest .
- dis obedient ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis orderly ,
- dis-obedient ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-orderly ,
- in fringing ,
- in subordinate ,
- in-fringing ,
- in-subordinate ,
- insurgent ,
- more anarchic ,
- more anarchical ,
- more anarchistic ,
- more infringing ,
- more piratical ,
- more recusant ,
- more terrorizing ,
- more unpeaceful ,
- most anarchic ,
- most anarchical ,
- most anarchistic ,
- most infringing ,
- most piratical ,
- most recusant ,
- most terrorizing ,
- most unpeaceful ,
- non compliant ,
- non conformist ,
- un peaceful ,
- un-peaceful .
- having killer instinct ,
- iron fisted ,
- more iron fisted ,
- more iron-fisted ,
- more ironfisted ,
- most iron fisted ,
- most iron-fisted ,
- most ironfisted ,
- un appeasable ,
- un flinching ,
- un forgiving ,
- un pitying ,
- un sparing ,
- un-appeasable ,
- un-flinching ,
- un-forgiving ,
- un-pitying ,
- un-sparing ,
- uncalledfor ,
- unforgiving ,
- unsparing .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- bummest ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- mephitic ,
- more polluted ,
- most polluted ,
- objectionable ,
- soiled ,
- un appetizing ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un cleanlier ,
- un cleanliest ,
- un cleanly ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un-appetizing ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest ,
- un-cleanlier ,
- un-cleanliest ,
- un-cleanly ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- uncleanly ,
- unholy ,
- yucky .
- high powered ,
- highpressure ,
- in spiring ,
- in-spiring ,
- more high pressure ,
- more high-pressure ,
- more highpressure ,
- more quickened ,
- most high pressure ,
- most high-pressure ,
- most highpressure ,
- most quickened .
- high pitched ,
- highpitched ,
- knifelike ,
- more numbing ,
- more shattering ,
- more stentorious ,
- most numbing ,
- most shattering ,
- most stentorious ,
- numbing ,
- roaring .
- more atavistic ,
- more nonliterate ,
- more preliterate ,
- more untutored ,
- more vestigial ,
- most atavistic ,
- most nonliterate ,
- most preliterate ,
- most untutored ,
- most vestigial ,
- non literate ,
- non-literate ,
- pre literate ,
- pre-literate ,
- preliterate ,
- un cultured ,
- un learned ,
- un refined ,
- un sophisticated ,
- un taught ,
- un trained ,
- un tutored ,
- un-cultured ,
- un-developed ,
- un-learned ,
- un-refined ,
- un-taught ,
- un-trained ,
- un-tutored ,
- under developed ,
- under-developed .
- bound determined ,
- hangtough ,
- in flexible ,
- in-flexible ,
- more hang tough ,
- more hang-tough ,
- more hangtough ,
- more undeviating ,
- more unstoppable ,
- most hang tough ,
- most hang-tough ,
- most hangtough ,
- most undeviating ,
- most unstoppable ,
- single minded ,
- stop at nothing ,
- stop nothing ,
- un bending ,
- un compromising ,
- un deviating ,
- un stoppable ,
- un-bending ,
- un-compromising ,
- un-deviating ,
- un-stoppable ,
- unstoppable .
- hard bitten ,
- in sensitive ,
- in-sensitive ,
- more uncontrite ,
- more unregenerate ,
- more unrepenting ,
- most uncontrite ,
- most unregenerate ,
- most unrepenting ,
- un contrite ,
- un regenerate ,
- un remitting ,
- un repenting ,
- un-contrite ,
- un-remitting ,
- un-repenting .
- in a state nature ,
- in state nature ,
- in state of nature ,
- more ferine ,
- more unbroken ,
- more unmodified ,
- most ferine ,
- most unbroken ,
- most unmodified ,
- un broken ,
- un modified ,
- un spoiled ,
- un-broken ,
- un-modified ,
- un-spoiled ,
- unspoiled .
- hard boiled ,
- hard shelled ,
- hardline ,
- hardshelled ,
- more hard shelled ,
- more hard-shelled ,
- more hardshelled ,
- more ruffianly ,
- most hard shelled ,
- most hard-shelled ,
- most hardshelled ,
- most ruffianly ,
- un alterable ,
- un controllable ,
- un manageable ,
- un-alterable ,
- un-controllable ,
- un-manageable .
- bad tempered ,
- badtempered ,
- co wing ,
- co-wing ,
- more browbeating ,
- more cowing ,
- more invective ,
- more vituperous ,
- most browbeating ,
- most cowing ,
- most invective ,
- most vituperous .
- more rowdydowdy ,
- more rumbunctious ,
- more termagant ,
- more tumultous ,
- most rowdydowdy ,
- most rumbunctious ,
- most termagant ,
- tumultous .
- Moiling ,
- howling ,
- more foaming ,
- more howling ,
- more moiling ,
- more roughhouse ,
- more ruffled ,
- more stormful ,
- more swirling ,
- most foaming ,
- most howling ,
- most moiling ,
- most roughhouse ,
- most ruffled ,
- most stormful ,
- most swirling ,
- tumultous- tumultuous ,
- un disciplined ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-disciplined ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- grodier ,
- hard-time ,
- hardtime ,
- more hard time ,
- more hard-time ,
- more hardtime ,
- more uncool ,
- more unlikable ,
- most hard time ,
- most hard-time ,
- most hardtime ,
- most uncool ,
- most unlikable ,
- un acceptable ,
- un attractive ,
- un cool ,
- un desirable ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un likable ,
- un lovelier ,
- un loveliest ,
- un lovely ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-acceptable ,
- un-attractive ,
- un-cool ,
- un-desirable ,
- un-happy ,
- un-likable ,
- un-lovelier ,
- un-loveliest ,
- un-lovely ,
- un-palatable ,
- un-pleasant .
- Flipped ,
- animal ,
- ape ,
- awful ,
- barbarous ,
- blustery ,
- boisterous ,
- bold ,
- brutal ,
- cutthroat ,
- dangerous ,
- fell ,
- frightening ,
- horrible ,
- infuriated ,
- malevolent ,
- malign ,
- raving ,
- stormy ,
- tempestuous ,
- uncontrollable ,
- venomous .
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Other synonyms:
- Heightened ,
- humid ,
- inclement ,
- lawless ,
- muggy ,
- remorseless ,
- sultry ,
- sunless ,
- unseasonable ,
- unseasonably ,
- wolfish .
- strong .
- high .
- bestial ,
- bloody ,
- fiercely ,
- filthy ,
- high pressure ,
- humidity ,
- intensive ,
- mightily ,
- pitiless ,
- sullen ,
- threatening .
- concentrated ,
- hefty ,
- terrible ,
- tough .
- heavily .
- big .
- lightly .
- heavy .
Other relevant words:
- Corybantic ,
- Ferine ,
- Hacked ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Iron-fisted ,
- REDHOT ,
- Rowdydowdy ,
- Stentorious ,
- Stormful ,
- Unrepenting ,
- adulatory ,
- aflame ,
- agonizing ,
- all-consuming ,
- anarchic ,
- anarchical ,
- anarchistic ,
- angry ,
- at loggerheads ,
- atavistic ,
- barbaric ,
- bearish ,
- belligerent ,
- bent out of shape ,
- bitter ,
- browned off ,
- brutish ,
- bummed out ,
- coldblooded ,
- cruel ,
- dead set on ,
- demoniac ,
- dire ,
- dog-eat-dog ,
- dying to ,
- eulogistic ,
- exquisite ,
- extra ordinary ,
- ferocious ,
- fiery ,
- flipper ,
- fond of ,
- formidable ,
- furious ,
- glowing ,
- go for broke ,
- grim ,
- grody ,
- grueling ,
- hang in ,
- hang-tough ,
- hard line ,
- hard time ,
- hard-shelled ,
- hardbitten ,
- hardboiled ,
- have a bone to pick ,
- have for ,
- have it in for ,
- having a killer instinct ,
- head-strong ,
- high-pressure ,
- highpowered ,
- hopped up ,
- hopping mad ,
- hot ,
- hotblooded ,
- hottempered ,
- hyper ,
- igneous ,
- impassioned ,
- impetuous ,
- in a state of nature ,
- in flames ,
- inhumane ,
- intense ,
- ireful ,
- ironfisted ,
- lovey dovey ,
- lovey-dovey ,
- lowbrow ,
- mean machine ,
- merciless ,
- non-compliant ,
- non-conformist ,
- nonliterate ,
- on the make ,
- on the outs ,
- on the warpath ,
- over-emotional ,
- overemotional ,
- panegyrical ,
- passionate ,
- piercing ,
- piratical ,
- rampageous ,
- ravening ,
- raver ,
- recusant ,
- red hot ,
- relentless ,
- ruffianly ,
- rumbunctious ,
- ruthless ,
- savage ,
- scrappy ,
- singleminded ,
- smoking ,
- steamed up ,
- stirred up ,
- termagant ,
- terrific ,
- tigerish ,
- tormenting ,
- un-regenerate ,
- uncontrite ,
- uncool ,
- undeviating ,
- undomesticated ,
- unlikable ,
- unmodified ,
- unpeaceful ,
- unregenerate ,
- untutored ,
- very grave ,
- vestigial ,
- vicious ,
- vituperous ,
- white-hot ,
- with chip on shoulder ,
- without mercy ,
- without pity .
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How to use "Fierce" in context?
Fierce is a powerful word that can either trigger feelings of amazement or terror in those who hear it. Lately, fierce has been used a lot in the media and popular culture. It seems to be popping up everywhere, from new movie titles like "The Predator" to social media handles like "The Fierce Cowboy." But what does this word really mean?
To some, a fierce animal is one that is strong and respected. For example, lions are often considered to be fierce animals because of their size and strength. on the other hand, to others, a fierce animal might be one that is aggressive and dangerous.
Paraphrases for Fierce:
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Adjective
acute, arduous, atrocious, barbaric, bloody, brutal, challenging, competitive, considerable, controversial, cruel, daunting, detrimental, devastating, difficult, draconian, dramatic, extreme, fearsome, feral, fervent, firm, forceful, formidable, furious, grave, great, grim, hard-fought, harsh, hectic, immense, incisive, keen, lively, massive, merciless, overwhelming, radical, relentless, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, savage, serious, sharp, spirited, stark, staunch, stiff, strenuous, strict, stringent, strong, stubborn, terrible, tight, tough, unbridled, uncontrolled, unrestrained, uphill, wild, Heightened, Searing, hawkish.
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Other Related
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Adjective
acrimonious, aggressive, ardent, bitter, deadly, deep, dogged, drastic, heated, intensive, internecine, passionate, pitched, steadfast, torrential, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent, cut-throat.
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Proper noun, singular
violent.
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Adjective
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