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cavemanlike

cavemanlike adjective: resembling or relating to cavemen.

Adjective

cavemanlike (comparative more cavemanlike, superlative most cavemanlike)

  1. Resembling or relating to cavemen.
    • Here books are the subject of a bizarre, cavemanlike ritual, as six semi-naked men squat together in a circle on top of piles of books, grinning like village idiots.2007 January 5, Bridget L. Goodbody, “Defending the Printed Page as the New China Stirred”, in New York Times

Synonyms of cavemanlike

Forms of cavemanlike

comparativemore cavemanlike
superlativemost cavemanlike

Origin of cavemanlike

From caveman + -like.

Questions about cavemanlike

What does cavemanlike mean?
Cavemanlike means resembling or relating to cavemen.
What part of speech is cavemanlike?
Cavemanlike is an adjective.

Words near cavemanlike in the dictionary

  1. caveman drums
  2. caveman stage
  3. caveman stages
  4. caveman's club
  5. cavemanish
  6. cavemanlike
  7. cavemanly
  8. cavemannish
  9. cavemanny
  10. cavemate
  11. cavemates

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