Definition of Neanderthal

Adjective: neanderthal  nee'an-du(r),taal

1. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behaviour or appearance
   "was neanderthal and insensitive";
   - boorish, loutish, neandertal, oafish, swinish

Adjective: Neanderthal  nee'an-du(r),taal

1. Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
   "Neanderthal skull";
   - Neanderthalian, Neandertal

Noun: Neanderthal  nee'an-du(r),taal

1. Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
   - Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

See also:
neandertal
Neanderthalian