Meaning of "wilder" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WILDER

Of uncertain origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WILDER

wilder  [ˈwɪldə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WILDER

Wilder is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wilder in English.

WHAT DOES WILDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wilder in the English dictionary

The definition of wilder in the dictionary is to lead or be led astray. Other definition of wilder is to bewilder or become bewildered.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WILDER

PRESENT

Present

I wilder

you wilder

he/she/it wilders

we wilder

you wilder

they wilder

Present continuous

I am wildering

you are wildering

he/she/it is wildering

we are wildering

you are wildering

they are wildering

Present perfect

I have wildered

you have wildered

he/she/it has wildered

we have wildered

you have wildered

they have wildered

Present perfect continuous

I have been wildering

you have been wildering

he/she/it has been wildering

we have been wildering

you have been wildering

they have been wildering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I wildered

you wildered

he/she/it wildered

we wildered

you wildered

they wildered

Past continuous

I was wildering

you were wildering

he/she/it was wildering

we were wildering

you were wildering

they were wildering

Past perfect

I had wildered

you had wildered

he/she/it had wildered

we had wildered

you had wildered

they had wildered

Past perfect continuous

I had been wildering

you had been wildering

he/she/it had been wildering

we had been wildering

you had been wildering

they had been wildering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will wilder

you will wilder

he/she/it will wilder

we will wilder

you will wilder

they will wilder

Future continuous

I will be wildering

you will be wildering

he/she/it will be wildering

we will be wildering

you will be wildering

they will be wildering

Future perfect

I will have wildered

you will have wildered

he/she/it will have wildered

we will have wildered

you will have wildered

they will have wildered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been wildering

you will have been wildering

he/she/it will have been wildering

we will have been wildering

you will have been wildering

they will have been wildering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would wilder

you would wilder

he/she/it would wilder

we would wilder

you would wilder

they would wilder

Conditional continuous

I would be wildering

you would be wildering

he/she/it would be wildering

we would be wildering

you would be wildering

they would be wildering

Conditional perfect

I would have wilder

you would have wilder

he/she/it would have wilder

we would have wilder

you would have wilder

they would have wilder

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been wildering

you would have been wildering

he/she/it would have been wildering

we would have been wildering

you would have been wildering

they would have been wildering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you wilder
we let´s wilder
you wilder

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to wilder

Past participle

wildered

Present Participle

wildering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WILDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wilder» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of wilder

agog · ardent · avid · barbaric · barbarous · blustery · boisterous · brutish · chaotic · choppy · crazy · daft · daggy · delirious · desert · deserted · desolate · dishevelled · disordered · disorderly · eager · empty · enraged · enthusiastic · excited · extravagant · fantastic · feral · ferocious · fervent · fervid · fierce · flighty · foolhardy · foolish · frantic · free · frenzied · furious · giddy · godforsaken · hot under the collar · howling · hysterical · ill-considered · impetuous · impracticable · imprudent · incensed · indigenous · infuriated · intense · irate · lawless · livid · lonely · mad · madcap · native · natural · noisy · nuts · off the air · on the warpath · outrageous · passionate · potty · preposterous · primitive · raging · rash · raving · reckless · riotous · rough · rowdy · rude · savage · self-willed · stormy · straggly · tempestuous · tooshie · tousled · trackless · turbulent · unbridled · unbroken · uncivilized · uncontrolled · uncultivated · undisciplined · undomesticated · unfettered · ungovernable · uninhabited · unkempt · unmanageable · unpopulated · unrestrained · unruly · untamed · untidy · uproarious · violent · virgin · warrigal · wayward · windblown · zealous

TRANSLATION OF WILDER

Find out the translation of wilder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wilder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wilder» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 怀尔德
• Translator English - Spanish: wilder
• English: wilder
• Translator English - Hindi: वाइल्डर
• Translator English - Arabic: ايلدر
• Translator English - Russian: Уайлдер
• Translator English - Portuguese: Wilder
• Translator English - Bengali: Wilder
• Translator English - French: sauvage
• Translator English - Malay: Liar
• Translator English - German: Wilder
• Translator English - Japanese: ワイルダー
• Translator English - Korean: 와일더
• Translator English - Javanese: Wilder
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Wilder
• Translator English - Tamil: வில்டர்
• Translator English - Marathi: वाइल्डर
• Translator English - Turkish: wilder
• Translator English - Italian: Wilder
• Translator English - Polish: Wilder
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Уайлдер
• Translator English - Romanian: Wilder
• Translator English - Greek: wilder
• Translator English - Afrikaans: wilder
• Translator English - Swedish: vildare
• Translator English - Norwegian: villere

8 QUOTES WITH «WILDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wilder.

1

Andre Benjamin

When the OutKast sound changed and I started producing my own records, I would mirror what I thought that character doing that music would look like. As the sound got a little wilder, freakier and funkier, so did the clothes. Then when the sound got more sophisticated, the clothes changed again.

2

Sarah Chalke

I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder.

3

Maya Lin

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

4

Shaffi Mather

The TED Fellowship exposed me to a set of youngsters who had wilder ideas than I did - and almost all of them were pursuing their wild and crazy ideas without fear of failure.

5

Aaron Paul

My dad didn't want me to listen to Zeppelin, I think because it reminded him of his wilder days, and now he's a retired Southern Baptist minister.

6

Liam Payne

I think I've changed a little bit. I don't know whether it's for the better or for the worse at the moment. I've settled into a different mind frame now... being a bit wilder maybe!

7

Norman Rockwell

Things aren't much wilder now, I don't think, than they were back then. Of course I just read about all the goings-on now. Ha.

8

Lawrence Taylor

LT was just a wilder person. I don't go that route no more.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WILDER»

Discover the use of wilder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wilder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little ...

She immerses herself in all things Little House—exploring the story from fact to fiction, and from the TV shows to the annual summer pageants in Laura’s hometowns.

Wendy McClure, 2011

Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman behind the Legend

As a result, the process of personal development that culminated in Wilder’s writing of the novels that secured her reputation as one of America’s most popular children’s authors becomes evident.

John E. Miller, 2006

Billy Wilder, American Film Realist

Even comedies like The Seven-Year Itch and Some Like it Hot shine with Wilder's keen perceptions of American life. Billy Wilder, American Film Realist closely examines a selection of Wilder's films from 1941 through 1981.

Richard Armstrong, 2004

Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of ...

Featuring Gene D. Phillips’s unique, in-depth critical approach, Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder provides a groundbreaking overview of a filmmaking icon.

Gene Phillips, 2010

Billy Wilder, Movie-Maker: Critical Essays on the Films

This wide-ranging collection of essays by an international group of scholars examines the significance of Wilder's filmmaking from a variety of original perspectives.

Karen McNally, 2010

Little House on the Prairie

They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their little house on the prairie. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1994

A Wilder West: Rodeo in Western Canada

A controversial sport, rodeo is often seen as emblematic of theWest's reputation as a “white man's country.” AWilder West complicates this view, showing how rodeo has been animportant contact zone -- a chaotic and unpredictable place ...

Mary-Ellen Kelm, 2011

The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane

'Holtz's book makes clear for the first time that (Lane) achieved something important and lasting in her writing with the Little House books.

William Holtz, 1995

Billy Wilder: Interviews

On screen, his special blend of cynicism and romanticism was always expressed in a style that avoided showiness. Billy Wilder: Interviews includes in-depth profiles, spirited Q&A's, and on-the-set glimpses of the director at work.

Robert Horton, 2001

The Ingalls Wilder Family Songbook

The Ingalls Wilder Family Songbook is an effort to give fresh voice and sound to the music inscribed in these great books and new appreciation about how music functioned during a place and time important in American history and mythology.

Dale Cockrell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WILDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wilder is used in the context of the following news items.

Deontay Wilder knocks out Eric Molina to retain WBC heavyweight title

Deontay Wilder made a successful first defence of his WBC heavyweight title when he knocked out Eric Molina in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday. «The Guardian, Jun 15»

WBC champion Deontay Wilder promises to knock out Eric Molina

Deontay Wilder has promised to knock out Eric Molina when he makes the first defence of his WBC heavyweight title on Saturday night. Wilder was taken the full ... «SkySports, Jun 15»

Deontay Wilder feels spurned by Alabama regarding title fight venue

Deontay Wilder, shown during a training session at Skyy Gym in Northport on May 28, will defend his WBC title in Birmingham on June 13 against Eric Molina. «Tuscaloosa News, Jun 15»

Deontay Wilder, WBC champ, not studying Eric Molina — or taking …

WBC heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder works out at Skyy Boxing Gym on Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Northport, Ala. Wilder is preparing for his first ... «The Denver Post, May 15»

Deontay Wilder to make first title defence against Eric Molina

The win over Stiverne was the first time that hard-hitting Wilder had fought more than four full rounds, and was the only time in his seven-year career that one of ... «SkySports, May 15»

Mumford & Sons trades in the banjo for 'Wilder Mind'

The English nu-folk superstars are running through the shimmering material of their new album Wilder Mind only; anyone coming to hear something like the ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»

Wilder Mind

They wrote most of Wilder Mind at producer Aaron Dessner's Brooklyn studio, and at times, the music resembles the darkly textured indie rock of Dessner's main ... «RollingStone.com, May 15»

More copies of Laura Ingalls Wilder memoir being printed

... courtesy of publisher. South Dakota's state-owned publishing house is printing more copies of the best-selling memoir by prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder. «Minnesota Public Radio News, Apr 15»

Mumford & Sons Release Second Single, 'The Wolf,' From Coming …

When Mumford & Sons dropped their first single off their coming album “Wilder Mind” – due May 4th – the change in their sound was noticeable (no banjo!) ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»

Mumford & Sons unveil new album 'Wilder Mind' at intimate London …

The 375-capacity venue show marked the band's live return after 'Wilder Mind' was announced last week. The band's third LP will come out on May 4. «NME.com, Mar 15»