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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Ne•an•der•thal /niˈændɚˌθɔl, neɪˈɑndɚˌtɑl/USA pronunciation adj. - Physical AnthropologyAlso, Ne•an•der•tal /niˈændɚˌtɔl, -ˌtɑl/.USA pronunciation of or relating to a now extinct human people of Europe and Asia who lived from around 100,000 B.C. to 40,000 B.C.
- Informal Terms[ often: neanderthal] crude;
primitive.
n. [countable] - Physical Anthropologya member of the Neanderthal people.
- Informal Terms[often: neanderthal] a person of crude or primitive behavior or mode of thought.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ne•an•der•thal (nē an′dər thôl′, -tôl′, -täl′; nā än′dər täl′),USA pronunciation adj. - Physical Anthropologyof or pertaining to Neanderthal man.
- Informal Terms(often l.c.) primitive, unenlightened, or reactionary;
culturally or intellectually backward.
n. - Physical AnthropologySee Neanderthal man.
- Informal Terms(often l.c.)
- an unenlightened or ignorant person;
barbarian. - a reactionary;
a person with very old-fashioned ideas.
Also, Ne•an•der•tal (nē an′dər tôl′, -täl′; nā än′dər täl′)USA pronunciation (for defs. 1, 3). - after Neanderthal, valley in Germany, near Düsseldorf, where evidence of Neanderthal man was first found 1860–65
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