feral

Questions about feral

What does feral mean?

feral means "wild and menacing".

How many syllables are in feral?

feral has 2 syllables: fer-al. The stress falls on "fer". In IPA it is /ˈfɛɹəl/.

What is another word for feral?

Close synonyms include ferine, savage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is feral a common word?

feral is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.