heidelberg man

1. 1.

   a type of primitive man who lived in Europe

   SynonymsHomo heidelbergensis

   Broaderprimitive

Questions about heidelberg man

What does heidelberg man mean?

heidelberg man means "a type of primitive man who lived in Europe".

What is another word for heidelberg man?

Close synonyms include Homo heidelbergensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heidelberg man a common word?

heidelberg man is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.