Synonyms for caveman
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Troglodyte — A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests. A brutish person, one who behaves in a…
2. Hominid — an early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves
Other
Definitions
- n. 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.
- n. 2
A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests. A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way.
The football squad was made up of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room.
Related words
- Word family
- cavemanlike cavemannish cavemanny
- Is a kind of
- cave dweller
Forms
- Plural
- cavemen → troglodytes, savages, thugs, boors…
Example sentences
- savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
- thug The police officer abused his power over the thug.
- boor My grandpa describes a Karen as a boor.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| caveman | rising | |
| savage | rising | |
| thug | rising | |
| boor | steady | |
| troglodyte | rising | |
| hominid | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- thug1, boor1, lout1
- 6 letters
- savage2
- 7 letters
- hominid3, hominin
- 10 letters
- troglodyte
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savage2 = 2 syllables).