Synonyms of cavemen

cavemen

noun

plural of caveman

as in barbarians

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barbarians
• Neanderthals
• animals
• troglodytes
• brutes
• savages
• jerks
• primitives
• heathens
• beasts
• swine
• creeps
• heels
• cretins
• cads
• louts
• boors
• curs
• louses
• churls

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cavemen

The findings add to a growing body of evidence that Neanderthals — our closest extinct human relatives — were cognitively and psychologically more similar to modern humans than previously thought, rather than the simple-minded, brutish cavemen of earlier stereotypes. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026

The strip explored the life of a group of cavemen and their anthropomorphic animals and dinosaurs in prehistoric times, and has been in production for nearly 70 years, currently managed by Hart’s family. — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026

Then language itself breaks apart into letters and sounds, grunted like cavemen incanting around a campfire. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2024