Associations to the word «Caveman»

Wiktionary

CAVEMAN, noun. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
CAVEMAN, noun. (informal) (figuratively) (pejorative) A brutish or savage person.
CAVEMAN, noun. (informal) (figuratively) (pejorative) A man with old fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women.

Dictionary definition

CAVEMAN, noun. Someone who lives in a cave.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats