cave woman

Stone Age lady

A cave woman is a woman from prehistoric times, imagined as living in caves during the Stone Age.

The term mirrors caveman and conjures the same popular image of primitive human life—animal skins, crude tools, and a harsh existence.

Like caveman, it's used figuratively for someone with unsophisticated or backward attitudes: Her boss had cave woman ideas about technology.

Related

fur · mammoth · fire · fire starter · stone tools · shelter · clan · survival · bone · animal skins · berries · wild · primal · matriarch · flint · hide · forager · wild berries

Opposites
temporal/civilizational era

cave womandigital native

Person raised with internet

city dweller · urbanite

dwelling/habitat type

cave womansuburbanite

Outskirts area resident

apartment dweller · homeowner · city dweller

social sophistication/refinement

cave womansocialite

Prominent figure in fashionable circles

sophisticate · debutante · woman of the world · aristocrat · noblewoman

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G