troglodytic
Living in caves
Troglodytic means cave-dwelling, from the ancient Greek for cave-dwellers.
The word applies literally to creatures that live in caves and figuratively to people perceived as primitive, reclusive, or willfully out of touch: His troglodytic views on women belong in another century.
Someone with troglodytic habits prefers dark seclusion to social engagement.
Large natural underground chamber
- grottoSmall scenic cavern
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- stalactiteHanging cave mineral deposit
stalagmite · spelunker · speleology · karst · limestone · chamber · darkness · calcite
Person choosing total seclusion
- recluseOne choosing isolation
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- secludedSet apart, private
antisocial · anchorite · eremitic · cloistered · isolated · ascetic · unsociable · shut-in
In earliest form
- uncivilizedLacking social graces
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
regressive · reactionary · antiquated · outmoded · benighted · unsophisticated · parochial · insular
Earliest tool-making period
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- cave-paintingPrehistoric artwork on walls
- hunter-gathererPre-farming subsistence lifestyle
- flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
archaeology · anthropology · primitive · fossil · fire-making · ochre · handaxe · megafauna
cavern
Large natural underground chamber
- grottoSmall scenic cavern
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
stalactite · stalagmite · spelunker · speleology · karst · limestone · chamber · darkness · calcite · sinter
hermit
Person choosing total seclusion
secluded · antisocial · anchorite · eremitic · cloistered · isolated · ascetic · unsociable · shut-in · loner
primitive
In earliest form
- uncivilizedLacking social graces
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
unenlightened · regressive · reactionary · antiquated · outmoded · benighted · unsophisticated · parochial · insular · dinosaur
paleolithic
Earliest tool-making period
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- cave-paintingPrehistoric artwork on walls
- hunter-gathererPre-farming subsistence lifestyle
flint · archaeology · anthropology · primitive · fossil · fire-making · ochre · handaxe · megafauna · sapiens
troglodyticarboreal
Of or in trees
open-air · terrestrial · aerial · aboveground · above-ground
troglodyticcosmopolitan
Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
sophisticated · urbane · refined · civilized · worldly
troglodyticsun-drenched
Flooded with daylight
light-filled · exposed · open · sunlit · outdoor