caveman
noun
a cave dweller, especially of the Stone Age.
cavemen
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pluralof caveman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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You can see that time-bending mash-up in the costumes, with some folks in bright plastic wigs and others in horns and mohawks and dreadlocks like 21st century cavemen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
At which point, they had to come running toward the roo, bellowing and brandishing their golf clubs like cavemen on the fifth hole, just to get it to stop charging.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2023
"Readers can expect to meet characters ranging from cavemen to gnomes, wizards to ghosts, and read about time travel tourism, the haunting of Council offices, and a visitor from another planet," the publisher added.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2023
It dates to cavemen wrestling or so some experts on prehistory claim.
From Washington Times ● May 27, 2020
The creatures had six arms each, three sprouting on either side, so they looked like cavemen evolved from insects.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
