Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wild_card

2 senses of wild card

Sense 1
wild card -- (an unpredictable factor; "the weather was a wild card")
       => factor -- (anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome")

Sense 2
wild card -- (a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it)
       => playing card -- (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)