Neanderthal
Neanderthal noun - A man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes.
Usage example: made the mistake of dining with some Neanderthal who repeatedly mistook his shirtsleeve for a napkin
Primitive and Neanderthal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Primitive" instead the word "Neanderthal" as an adjective or a noun.
Primitive
Primitive noun - A person who belongs to an early stage of civilization.
Neanderthal and primitive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Neanderthal" instead the word "Primitive" as an adjective or a noun.
Nearby Word: primitively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- natural and Neanderthal
- natural and primitive
- gross and Neanderthal
- gross and primitive
- crude and Neanderthal
- crude and primitive
- rude and Neanderthal
- rude and primitive
- coarse and Neanderthal
- coarse and primitive
- vulgar and Neanderthal
- vulgar and primitive
- uncouth and Neanderthal
- uncouth and primitive
Both words in one sentence
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DC Comics villain King Kull is the last survivor of a highly-advanced Neanderthal-like race, who had enslaved primitive humans until these revolted and killed them all.
Source: Advanced Ancient Humans - The Social Darwinist: As a physical anthropologist, he believed that in the past, various species of primitive men had fought for dominance, with (for example) anatomically modern humans defeating and exterminating the Neanderthal Man.
- You would be as simple and primitive to them as a neanderthal would be to us.
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