NEANDERTHAL as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Neanderthal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

NEANDERTHAL as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • was boorish and insensitive
    • the loutish manners of a bully
    • her stupid oafish husband
    • aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
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  2. Meaning
    • relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Neanderthal skull
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