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/ˈtɹɒɡlədaɪt/ · noun
A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman..
The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes.
Inhabited as early as the Gallo-Roman era, the caves of the troglodytes are slighted in guidebooks, naturally overshadowed by the chateaus of the kings.
Blair brought out the febrile intensity of Stanhope, wiring himself into his ever more circumscribed troglodyte world, speculating moodily on the worm that went down when it thought it was coming up. Robert Philp thought Blair's ...
Use troglodyte when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Troglodyte means A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman..
Common synonyms include recluse, hermit, cave dweller, cave man.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes.
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