ne ‧ an ‧ der ‧ thal /niˈændəˌtɑːl $ -dərˌθɒːl, -ˌtɑːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Neanderthal , valley of the Neander river in Germany, where bones of Neanderthal man were found in 1856 ]
1 . ( also Neanderthal ) an early type of human being
2 . a man who is big, ugly, and stupid
3 . someone who has old-fashioned ideas and opposes change
—neanderthal adjective :
his neanderthal attitude towards women