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
The diet, also known as the caveman or Stone-Age diet, is based on foods that humans ate during the Paleolithic era, according to Cleveland Clinic.
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Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
There are two main variations to the caveman method: water-only and no-contact.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
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From the time of cavemen and hieroglyphics, humans have been storytellers.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
That is now as pathetic to me as a fetid caveman’s toolmaking would be to a great thinker like da Vinci or even Edgar Allen Poe.
—Graham Techler, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
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Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
There are two main variations to the caveman method: water-only and no-contact.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Frame The Brand Story As A Relatable Hero’s Journey
From the time of cavemen and hieroglyphics, humans have been storytellers.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
That is now as pathetic to me as a fetid caveman’s toolmaking would be to a great thinker like da Vinci or even Edgar Allen Poe.
—Graham Techler, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caveman
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The colonized lands are conceptualized of as virgin or empty, or populated by savages and barbarians who amount to less-than-human types who must make way for the settlers.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 May 2025
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The barbarians are all those who hate human nature, all those who trample upon the sense of the sacred, all those who do not value life, all those who rebel against God the Creator of man and nature.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Answer: Shiz University What kind of animal is Dr. Dillamond?—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
17 June 2025
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The critically praised 2024 TIFF premiere — a survival action-thriller set after a plague has destroyed animal life on Earth — doesn’t open nationally until July 2.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 June 2025
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Along with the bone tools, jewelry, and even rope that archaeologists have found at other Neanderthal sites, the projectile is one more clue pointing to the fact that Neanderthals were actually pretty sharp.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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Today, some humans have traces of Neanderthal DNA in their genomes because the two species interbred roughly 47,000 years ago.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
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Mini Winnie is a western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus), a subspecies whose numbers have plummeted by more than 80% in the last two decades.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Warren Buffet was considered a technical troglodyte for never investing in the dot-com boom.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Caveman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caveman. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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