Search Result for "neandertal": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia;
[syn: Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man;
- Example: "Neanderthal skull"
[syn: Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertal]

2. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance;
- Example: "was boorish and insensitive"
- Example: "the loutish manners of a bully"
- Example: "her stupid oafish husband"
- Example: "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
[syn: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Neandertal adj 1: relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; "Neanderthal skull" [syn: Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertal] 2: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish] n 1: extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia [syn: Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis]