Usually means: Prehistoric human using primitive tools.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word caveman:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. caveman: Merriam-Webster
  2. caveman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. caveman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. caveman: Collins English Dictionary
  5. caveman: Vocabulary.com
  6. Caveman, caveman: Wordnik
  7. caveman: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. caveman: Wiktionary
  9. caveman: Dictionary.com
  10. caveman: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Caveman (American band), Caveman (TV series), Caveman (disambiguation), Caveman (film), Caveman (group), Caveman (skateboarding), Caveman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. caveman: Rhymezone
  13. caveman: FreeDictionary.org
  14. caveman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. caveman: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. caveman: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  17. caveman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. caveman: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Caveman (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. The Caveman, caveman: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
noun:  (informal, figuratively, derogatory) A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.
noun:  (informal, figuratively, derogatory) A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way.
noun:  (informal, figuratively, derogatory) Someone, especially a man, who has regressive, old-fashioned attitudes, particularly with regard to women; someone opposed to change or modernity.

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