Synonyms of Neanderthal

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noun

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as in hulk

a big clumsy often slow-witted person

they looked like a tribe of Neanderthals compared to the bridegroom's patrician-looking family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hulk
• lump
• loser
• moron
• idiot
• skunk
• stupid
• villain
• brute
• turkey
• clown
• mutt
• lunatic
• snake
• goose
• gawk
• oaf
• lout
• beast
• palooka
• creep
• lug
• clod
• lubber
• heel
• clodhopper
• looney
• natural
• dummy
• prat
• fool
• anthropoid
• blunderer
• ape
• chump
• stock
• imbecile
• donkey
• numbskull
• ignoramus
• know-nothing
• shlemiel
• rogue
• lunkhead
• bonehead
• dullard
• blockhead
• nut
• schlemiel
• dolt
• dimwit
• dumbhead
• pinhead
• hardhead
• dumbbell
• golem
• slouch
• meathead
• knucklehead
• dunderhead
• cad
• numskull
• cretin
• hammerhead
• dip
• jackass
• dunce
• nincompoop
• boor
• louse
• birdbrain
• simpleton
• airhead
• galoot
• stupe
• chucklehead
• saphead
• bubblehead
• doofus
• dodo
• ninny
• nitwit
• madman
• yahoo
• loon
• dope
• tike
• loony
• booby
• ninnyhammer
• dummkopf
• gander
• noodle
• dork
• simp
• deadhead
• schnook
• nimrod
• chowderhead
• goon
• lamebrain
• loggerhead
• cuddie
• schlub
• stinker
• goof
• dim bulb
• clunk
• half-wit
• cur
• cluck
• fathead
• woodenhead
• clodpole
• scatterbrain
• shlub
• ratbag
• rascal
• thickhead
• mome
• noddy
• cuddy
• nit
• tyke
• dum-dum
• churl
• mug
• clot
• clodpoll
• featherbrain
• scamp
• yo-yo

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• intellectual
• genius
• thinker
• sage
• wizard
• whiz
• brainiac

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as in barbarian

a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes

made the mistake of dining with some Neanderthal who repeatedly mistook his shirtsleeve for a napkin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barbarian
• animal
• caveman
• troglodyte
• brute
• primitive
• savage
• jerk
• heathen
• swine
• creep
• heel
• louse
• cad
• beast
• boor
• cur
• cretin
• lout
• churl

Neanderthal

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adjective

variants or Neandertal

as in rude

not civilized

her boyfriend's Neanderthal tastes and manners were often embarrassing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rude
• savage
• natural
• primitive
• wild
• barbaric
• uncivilized
• barbarian
• barbarous
• uncultivated
• coarse
• rough
• uncivil
• heathenish
• crude
• heathen
• uncouth
• uncultured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilized
• sophisticated
• cultured
• humane
• enlightened
• polite
• polished
• refined
• genteel
• urbane
• well-bred
• semicivilized