caveman
Noun

caveman (plural cavemen)

  1. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
    The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.
    • The creators of this nutrition plan believe that cavemen and cavewomen were lean and healthy because of the all-natural foods they ate.
  2. 2010, Terence A. Shimp, Advertising, Promotion, and Other Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications, Cengage Learning, 8th Edition, page 154 ↗,
    And who could forget those ads that featured sophisticated cavemen who were insulted—in a parody on political correctness—by “insensitive” offenders who implied that some action was “so easy, a caveman could do it.”
  3. (informal, figuratively, pejorative) A brutish or savage person.
    The football squad was made up of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room.
  4. (informal, figuratively, pejorative) A man with old-fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women.
    Old Sven is a bit of a caveman; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea.
    • 2008, David E. Clarke, Cinderella Meets the Caveman: Stop the Boredom in Your Marriage and Jump, page 159 ↗,
      You think your Caveman is always chasing you for sex. Well, he is.
Synonyms Translations Translations
  • Portuguese: homem das cavernas
Translations
  • Portuguese: homem das cavernas



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