Usually means: Ancient humans, extinct, closely related.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. neanderthal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Neanderthal, Neanderthal: Merriam-Webster
  3. Neanderthal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Neanderthal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Neanderthal: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Neanderthal, neanderthal: Vocabulary.com
  7. Neanderthal, neanderthal: Wordnik
  8. Neanderthal, neanderthal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Neanderthal, neanderthal: Wiktionary
  10. Neanderthal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Neanderthal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. Neanderthal: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Neanderthal: Dictionary.com
  14. Neanderthal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Neanderthal (novel), Neanderthal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Neanderthal: Rhymezone
  17. neanderthal: FreeDictionary.org
  18. neanderthal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Neanderthal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. neanderthal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary

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  1. Neanderthal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Neanderthal: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Neanderthal: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Neanderthal: Evolution Glossary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Neanderthal (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. neanderthal: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Neanderthal)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.
▸ adjective:  (by extension) Old-fashioned, opposed to change.
▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.
▸ noun:  A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
▸ noun:  (derogatory) A primitive, savage or uncivilized person.
▸ adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal [Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.]
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal [A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.]

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Neandertal, Neanderthalian, swinish, loutish, oafish, boorish, unrefined, homo sapiens neanderthalensis, neanderthal man, Neanderthalic, more...

Opposite:
civilized, sophisticated, urbane

Phrases:
neanderthal man, Neanderthal extinction, Neanderthal genetics, Neanderthal behavior, Neanderthal anatomy, more...

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classic, last, late, first, pre, typical, original, old, early, spy, female

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Similar:
Neandertal, Neanderthalian, swinish, loutish, oafish, boorish, unrefined, homo sapiens neanderthalensis, neanderthal man, Neanderthalic, more...

Opposite:
civilized, sophisticated, urbane

Phrases:
neanderthal man, Neanderthal extinction, Neanderthal genetics, Neanderthal behavior, Neanderthal anatomy, Neanderthal 1, The Neanderthal Parallax, Neanderthal genome project, Krapina Neanderthal site, more...

Adjectives:
classic, last, late, first, pre, typical, original, old, early, spy, female

Colors:
    stone gray,     earth brown,     moss green,     mud brown,     forest green, more...



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