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
Pitino’s team survived all season in caveman fashion — hostile defense, bruising physicality and rip-it-off-the-rim offensive rebounding.
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Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Even cavemen, in ancient, simpler times, could not merely sit around in cave admiring/praising one another, but had to hunt, fight, compete with members of own group for status.
—George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
In their first outing, the Croods managed to carve out a niche for themselves that distinguished these cavemen from everybody’s favorite modern Stone Age family.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Much like the iconic caveman from Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, Hollins went barefoot and sported a blue necktie and a short-sleeve, leopard-print loincloth with a jagged hemline.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Even cavemen, in ancient, simpler times, could not merely sit around in cave admiring/praising one another, but had to hunt, fight, compete with members of own group for status.
—George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
In their first outing, the Croods managed to carve out a niche for themselves that distinguished these cavemen from everybody’s favorite modern Stone Age family.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Much like the iconic caveman from Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, Hollins went barefoot and sported a blue necktie and a short-sleeve, leopard-print loincloth with a jagged hemline.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caveman
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Scott himself was a bit like one of these barbarians, constantly attacking and unsettling a seemingly stable consensus on the value of state power, and of civilization itself.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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El Cid Published July 8, 1999 Like victorious barbarians in a war between the present and the past, bulldozers this week tore into the towers and walls of a Miami castle that once housed El Cid restaurant.—
Jeff Kleinman,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Deadly dog mauling Kansas City Police officers responded around 9:30 p.m. Nov. 2, 2024, to the Marlborough East neighborhood for a call about an animal bite incident.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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This movie is cute, has vibrant landscapes (jelly beans, hot-air balloons, artsy eggs), and animals with loads of personality.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
18 Apr. 2025
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This group of Neanderthals probably numbered around 40 to 200 and had been genetically isolated from other Neanderthals for nearly 50,000 years.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Several studies suggest that Neanderthal faces evolved to suit the colder climates of Northern Europe.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
2 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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