Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > W Synonyms of wild yam Find synonyms for: Noun1. wild yam, Dioscorea paniculata, vineusage: having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disordersWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: perambulate Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language