cavemen

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.

   Synonyms:

   hominid, hominin, Neanderthal, troglodyte

2. (derogatory, figuratively, informal) A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.
   • You think your Caveman is always chasing you for sex. Well, he is.2008, David E. Clarke, Cinderella Meets the Caveman: Stop the Boredom in Your Marriage and Jump, page 159
   1. (derogatory, figuratively, informal) 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.
   2. (derogatory, figuratively, informal) Someone, especially a man, who has regressive, old-fashioned attitudes, particularly with regard to women; someone opposed to change or modernity.
      • Old Sven is a bit of a caveman; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea.