caveman

noun

ˈkāv-ˌman How to pronounce caveman (audio)
Definition of cavemannext
as in barbarian
a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes married a caveman who spends all his free time swigging beer and watching sports on TV

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Recent Examples of caveman In their first outing, the Croods managed to carve out a niche for themselves that distinguished these cavemen from everybody’s favorite modern Stone Age family. — James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025 Much like the iconic caveman from Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, Hollins went barefoot and sported a blue necktie and a short-sleeve, leopard-print loincloth with a jagged hemline. — Gil MacIas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025 The following story might irritate male supremacists and cavemen everywhere. — David Whitley, The Tennessean, 30 Jan. 2024 The caveman bit allows the characters free rein to get extremely silly, and their disgust for Squidward’s clarinet-playing is immortal. — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for caveman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caveman
  1. barbarian
  2. animal
  3. Neanderthal
  4. troglodyte
Noun
  • For the general The First Berserker: Khazan follows Khazan — a former barbarian who rose far enough to become a great general in the Pell Los Empire, earning the recognition of the nation’s emperor.
    — Scott McRae, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
  • In a fable by Phaedrus, also written in the first century A.D., a barbarian is threatening the troops of the military leader, Pompey the Great.
    — Tom Sapsford, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
Definition of barbarian
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  • Trump has not previously been counted among the zoo’s critics, who tend to lament the life of captivity suffered by its animals, not their potential indoctrination.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025
  • From more types of materials players could use to build and decorate to more animals that inhabited the world to more biomes for players to explore.
    — Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of animal
Noun
  • Several studies suggest that Neanderthal faces evolved to suit the colder climates of Northern Europe.
    — Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
  • During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans’ neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for many tasks and lasted for a long time.
    — Ben Marwick, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of Neanderthal
Noun
  • Warren Buffet was considered a technical troglodyte for never investing in the dot-com boom.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Related Stories Fire rages in the forest one night when the village’s de facto guardian Maxim (Willem Dafoe), and his troupe of gun-toting child troglodytes trained in his image, hunt the Ochi (humans blame them for the disappearance of farm animals).
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Definition of troglodyte

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