Thesaurus results for CAVEMEN

cavemen

noun

plural of caveman

as in barbarians

a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes married a caveman who spends all his free time swigging beer and watching sports on TV

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Recent Examples of cavemen The findings add to a growing body of evidence that Neanderthals — our closest extinct human relatives — were cognitively and psychologically more similar to modern humans than previously thought, rather than the simple-minded, brutish cavemen of earlier stereotypes. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 The strip explored the life of a group of cavemen and their anthropomorphic animals and dinosaurs in prehistoric times, and has been in production for nearly 70 years, currently managed by Hart’s family. — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026 Then language itself breaks apart into letters and sounds, grunted like cavemen incanting around a campfire. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2024

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So that, zombie- or indeed mummy-like, the barbarians can mimic imperial subjects enough to look human.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
If OpenAI’s agents are Romans, humanity represents the barbarians.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of barbarians

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The arthropod group includes animals that are without a backbone or any bones at all, strictly speaking, their bodies being encased in a ringed, exterior tegument and having legs and, sometimes, wings.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
In the parking garage, the animals were unfazed by noisy construction and enthusiastic fans.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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