Overview of noun neandertal

The noun neandertal has 1 sense

• Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis -- (extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia)

Overview of adj neandertal

The adj neandertal has 2 senses

• Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertal -- (relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; "Neanderthal skull")


• boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish -- (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")