Antonyms for neanderthal
niˈæn dərˌθɔl, neɪˈɑn dərˌtɑl; -ˌtɔl, -ˌtɑlne·an·derthal

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1. Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensisadjective

   extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

   Antonyms:
   refined

2. boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinishadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   refined

   Synonyms:
   boorish, piggy, porcine, neandertal, piggish, swinish, oafish, hoggish, loutish

3. Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertaladjective

   relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man

   "Neanderthal skull"

   Antonyms:
   refined

   Synonyms:
   loutish, oafish, boorish, neandertal, swinish

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Neanderthal

   Synonyms:
   Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Neanderthal Man

How to use neanderthal in a sentence?

1. Chris Stringer:

   I think the Science paper is a remarkable technical achievement and opens up many possibilities for future work in Eurasia on caves with no Neanderthal( or Denisovan) fossils.

2. Tony Capra:

   We've found associations with sensitive neuropsychiatric diseases and addiction( and Neanderthal gene variants), which are primed for people to emotionally connect with when they're looking for an explanation for why they or their loved one is struggling.

3. Roger Gregory:

   We’re not in the same Neanderthal-type environment.

4. Sriram Sankararaman:

   We see a lot less compared to the rest of the genome, you’re going along the genome and there is the X chromosome or there are genes expressed in testes. Basically, these parts of the genome have less Neanderthal or Denisovan.

5. Tony Capra:

   We can't blame Neanderthals for Covid. That's a damaging response, and that's why I want to emphasize so much the social and environmental factors are the real things that people should be worrying about, that said, as a geneticist, I think it is important to know the evolutionary history of the genetic variants we find that do have effects on traits. The effects of Neanderthal DNA traits are detectable, but they're modest.

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