neanderthal

5 definitions found

neanderthal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  neanderthal \neanderthal\ adj.
     1. uncouth in manners or appearance.
  
     Syn: boorish, clownish, loutish, oafish.
          [WordNet 1.5] Neanderthal race
          Neanderthal

  Neanderthal \Ne*an"der*thal`\, prop. a.
     1. (Anthropol.) Of, pertaining to, or named from, the
        Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were
        found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The
        skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat,
        retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and
        enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is
        estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about
        midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern
        man. Hence, pertaining to or designating the

  Neanderthal \Ne*an"der*thal`\, prop. n.
     1. (Anthropol.) A neanderthal human being; a member of the
        race Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; as, neanderthals
        were shorter than modern humans.
        [PJC]
  
     2. One resembling a neanderthal human; a troglodyte; a cave
        man.
        [PJC]
  
     3. Hence: (Fig.) A person of primitive, unenlightened or
        uneducated opinions or attitudes; one with a regressive
        social or political outlook; -- used disparagingly.
        [PJC]

neanderthal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  neanderthal
      adj 1: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or
             appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish
             manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband";
             "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn:
             boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal,
             oafish, swinish]
      2: relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man;
         "Neanderthal skull" [syn: Neanderthal, Neanderthalian,
         Neandertal]
      n 1: extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and
           western Asia [syn: Neandertal man, Neanderthal man,
           Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
           ]

neanderthal - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "Neanderthal":
     Goth, Gothic, animal, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial,
     brutal, brute, brutish, ill-bred, impolite, noncivilized,
     outlandish, primitive, rough-and-ready, savage, troglodyte,
     troglodytic, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, uncouth, uncultivated,
     uncultured, unkempt, unlicked, unpolished, unrefined, untamed,
     wild