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
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Recent Examples of cavemen
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavemen
Noun
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In most academic histories of European imperialism written in this century, the Europeans are the barbarians, killing and raping and looting on an unprecedented scale.—
David A. Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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And if any of you barbarians out there slather ranch dressing on your wings, there’s a special place in hell just for you.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Scythia’s plants are its animals, and vice versa, blooming and breeding in alternate generations.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Yet rats may be one of the most awe-worthy animals on the planet.—
Jason Bittel,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Many wonders made the list, including royal burial grounds in Egypt, an Indonesian archipelago of 1,500 islands and Turkish cliffs formerly inhabited by Bronze Age troglodytes (cave dwellers).—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Cavemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavemen. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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