NEANDERTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Neandertal mean? 

• NEANDERTAL (noun)
  The noun NEANDERTAL has 1 sense:

1. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

  Familiarity information: NEANDERTAL used as a noun is very rare.

• NEANDERTAL (adjective)
  The adjective NEANDERTAL has 2 senses:

1. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man

2. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

  Familiarity information: NEANDERTAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEANDERTAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neandertal; Neandertal man; Neanderthal; Neanderthal man

Hypernyms ("Neandertal" is a kind of...):

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

Holonyms ("Neandertal" is a member of...):

genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)

Derivation:

Neandertal (relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man)

• NEANDERTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Neandertal; Neanderthal; Neanderthalian

Context example:

Neanderthal skull

Pertainym:

Neanderthal man (extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia)

Derivation:

Neandertal (extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

Synonyms:

boorish; loutish; neandertal; neanderthal; oafish; swinish

Context example:

aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude

Similar:

unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)