different between caveman vs troglodyte

English

Etymology

From cave +? man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cave?man

Noun

caveman (plural cavemen)

1. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

   The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.

   • The creators of this nutrition plan believe that cavemen and cavewomen were lean and healthy because of the all-natural foods they ate.

   • 2010, Terence A. Shimp, Advertising, Promotion, and Other Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications, Cengage Learning, 8th Edition, page 154,

     And who could forget those ads that featured sophisticated cavemen who were insulted—in a parody on political correctness—by “insensitive” offenders who implied that some action was “so easy, a caveman could do it.”
2. (informal, figuratively, derogatory) A brutish or savage person.

   The football squad was made up of cavemen who were responsible for trashing many a locker room.
3. (informal, figuratively, derogatory) A man with old-fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women.

   Old Sven is a bit of a caveman; he figures giving women the right to vote was a bad idea.

   • 2008, David E. Clarke, Cinderella Meets the Caveman: Stop the Boredom in Your Marriage and Jump, page 159,

     You think your Caveman is always chasing you for sex. Well, he is.

Synonyms

• (early humans or related species): hominid, hominin, neanderthal, troglodyte
• (brutish or savage person): boor, knuckle dragger, lout, savage, thug, troglodyte
• (man with regressive opinions): chauvinist

Hypernyms

• cave dweller

Coordinate terms

• cavewoman

Derived terms

• cavemanlike

Translations

Anagrams

• man cave, mancave

English

Etymology

From Latin tr?glodyta (“cave dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (tr?glodút?s, “one who dwells in holes”), from ?????? (tr?gl?, “hole”) + ??? (dú?, “I get into”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???l?da?t/, /?t???l??da?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t???l?da?t/, /?t???lo?da?t/

Noun

troglodyte (plural troglodytes)

1. A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
2. (by extension) Anything that lives underground.

   The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes.

3. A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish.
4. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
5. (computing) A person who chooses not to keep up-to-date with the latest software and hardware.

Derived terms

• trog
• troglodyke
• troglodytic

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.?l?.dit/

Noun

troglodyte m or f (plural troglodytes)

1. troglodyte

Noun

troglodyte m (plural troglodytes)

1. wren
2. chimpanzee