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单词 Neanderthals
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Neanderthal

noun

Ne·​an·​der·​thal nē-ˈan-dər-ˌtȯl How to pronounce Neanderthal (audio) -ˌthȯl How to pronounce Neanderthal (audio)
nā-ˈän-dər-ˌtäl
1
or less commonly Neandertal
nē-ˈan-dər-ˌtȯl How to pronounce Neanderthal (audio)
nā-ˈän-dər-ˌtäl
: a hominid (Homo neanderthalensis synonym H. sapiens neanderthalensis) known from skeletal remains in Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia that lived from about 30,000 to 200,000 years ago

called also Neanderthal man

2
: one who suggests a caveman in appearance, mentality, or behavior
Neanderthal adjective
or less commonly Neandertal
Neanderthaloid
nē-ˈan-dər-ˌtȯ-ˌlȯid
-ˌthȯ- How to pronounce Neanderthal (audio)
nā-ˈän-dər-ˌtä-
adjective or noun

Synonyms

  • clod
  • clodhopper
  • gawk
  • hulk
  • lout
  • lubber
  • lug
  • lump
  • oaf
  • palooka
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Example Sentences

I can't believe I was married to that Neanderthal for three years. Some Neanderthals continue to resist the education reform bill.

Word History

Etymology

Neanderthal, valley in western Germany

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Neanderthal

noun

Ne·​an·​der·​thal nē-ˈan-dər-ˌthȯl How to pronounce Neanderthal (audio)
variants or Neandertal
-ˌtȯl
: an ancient human who lived 30,000 to 200,000 years ago

Neanderthals

noun

plural of Neanderthal
1
as in losers
a big clumsy often slow-witted person they looked like a tribe of Neanderthals compared to the bridegroom's patrician-looking family

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • losers
  • idiots
  • morons
  • lumps
  • hulks
  • skunks
  • brutes
  • skunk
  • villains
  • geese
  • turkeys
  • clowns
  • snakes
  • nuts
  • mutts
  • lunatics
  • beasts
  • gawks
  • turkeys
  • stupids
  • oafs
  • louts
  • clodhoppers
  • palookas
  • clods
  • lugs
  • lubbers
  • fools
  • anthropoids
  • heels
  • creeps
  • dummies
  • apes
  • prats
  • stocks
  • donkeys
  • blunderers
  • imbeciles
  • naturals
  • chumps
  • dullards
  • boneheads
  • dolts
  • lunkheads
  • dimwits
  • numskulls
  • blockheads
  • schlemiels
  • birdbrains
  • cretins
  • dopes
  • knuckleheads
  • yahoos
  • rogues
  • ignoramuses
  • golems
  • hardheads
  • pinheads
  • deadheads
  • stupes
  • simpletons
  • chuckleheads
  • dodos
  • nincompoops
  • airheads
  • madmen
  • simps
  • cads
  • dunderheads
  • loons
  • ninnies
  • boors
  • meatheads
  • dunces
  • dumbbells
  • jackasses
  • hammerheads
  • numbskulls
  • sapheads
  • bubbleheads
  • galoots
  • nimrods
  • loggerheads
  • ganders
  • dips
  • cuddies
  • nitwits
  • fatheads
  • dorks
  • slouches
  • goons
  • shlemiels
  • scatterbrains
  • boobies
  • noodles
  • chowderheads
  • curs
  • noddies
  • dumbheads
  • loonies
  • momes
  • ratbags
  • doofuses
  • schnooks
  • louses
  • lamebrains
  • dim bulbs
  • churls
  • half-wits
  • ignorami
  • dufuses
  • dum-dums
  • goofs
  • thickheads
  • know-nothings
  • tykes
  • stinkers
  • schlubs
  • woodenheads
  • ninnyhammers
  • clots
  • rascals
  • clucks
  • clodpoles
  • shlubs
  • mugs
  • clodpolls
  • nits
  • dummkopfs
  • clunks
  • scamps
  • dodoes
  • tikes
  • yo-yos
  • featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • brains
  • intellectuals
  • thinkers
  • sages
  • genii
  • geniuses
  • wizards
  • brainiacs
  • whizzes
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2
as in barbarians
a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes made the mistake of dining with some Neanderthal who repeatedly mistook his shirtsleeve for a napkin

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • barbarians
  • troglodytes
  • cavemen
  • animals
  • savages
  • brutes
  • jerks
  • primitives
  • heathens
  • swine
  • heathen
  • heels
  • boors
  • creeps
  • beasts
  • cretins
  • cads
  • louts
  • curs
  • louses
  • churls
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