Caveman

//ˈkeɪvˌmæn// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a man who lives in a cave wordnet
  3. 3
    A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests. derogatory, figuratively, informal

    "You think your Caveman is always chasing you for sex. Well, he is."

  4. 4
    A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.; A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way. derogatory, figuratively, informal

    "The football squad was made up of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room."

  5. 5
    A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.; Someone, especially a man, who has regressive, old-fashioned attitudes, particularly with regard to women; someone opposed to change or modernity. derogatory, figuratively, informal

    "Old Sven is a bit of a caveman; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea."

Etymology

From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.

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