the property of being untamed and ferocious (Freq. 1) - the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters - a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums • Syn: savagery • Derivationally related forms: savage • Hypernyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness