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CAVE MAN Synonyms

There are 13 synonyms of the phrase cave man. (exact relations)
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• outdated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

Best Hypernyms For CAVE MAN

Here is a list of related hypernyms for cave man, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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primitive
Phrases (1)
primitive person

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