CAVE MAN Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase cave man. (close relations)
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| caveman | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who lives in a cave | ||||||
| troglodyte | nounn | |||||
noun • one who lives in solitude • someone who lives in a cave | ||||||
| barbarian | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a member of an uncivilized people • a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement adjective satellite • without civilizing influences | ||||||
| hominid | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a primate of the family Hominidae adjective satellite • characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures | ||||||
| neanderthal | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
adjective • relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man noun • extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia adjective satellite • ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | ||||||
| paleolithic | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) noun • second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC | ||||||
| prehistoric | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to times before written history adjective satellite • belonging to or existing in times before recorded history • outdated | ||||||
| primeval | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | ||||||
| primitive | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms adjective satellite • belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies • of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | ||||||
| savage | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a member of an uncivilized people • a cruelly rapacious person adjective satellite • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering • wild and menacing • without civilizing influences • marked by extreme and violent energy verb • attack brutally and fiercely • criticize harshly or violently | ||||||
| uncivilized | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • without civilizing influences | ||||||
| stone age | nounn | |||||
noun • (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements | ||||||
| cave dweller | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who lives in a cave | ||||||
