Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ape-man

2 senses of ape-man

Sense 1
missing link, ape-man -- (hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings)
       => primitive, primitive person -- (a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization)

Sense 2
ape-man -- (a person assumed to have been raised by apes)
       => wild man, feral man -- (a person who is not socialized)