neanderthal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
    Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neanderthal man; Neandertal; Neandertal man.
  2. adjective satellite ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
    boorish; loutish; neandertal; oafish; swinish.
    • was boorish and insensitive
    • the loutish manners of a bully
    • her stupid oafish husband
    • aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
  3. adjective relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
    Neandertal; Neanderthalian.
    • Neanderthal skull

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