neolithicadjective
uk/ˌniː.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/us/ˌniː.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/specializedrelating to the period when humans used tools and weapons made of stone and had just developed farming:
neolithic tools/artefacts/settlements
The neolithic period is sometimes called the new stone age.
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mesolithic
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Prehistory
- Australopithecus
- broch
- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- mesolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- Paleogene
- prehistory
- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
- tyrannosaurus
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