missing link
36 synonyms found
- aborigine
- ancient
- antediluvian
- anthropoid
- ape-man
- arrearage
- autochthon
- Bronze Age man
- bushman
- cave dweller
- caveman
- defalcation
- deficit
- discontinuity
- fossil man
- Hominidae
- humanoid
- Iron Age man
- lack
- lacuna
- man of old
- need
- omission
- outage
- preadamite
- prehistoric man
- prehuman
- primate
- primitive
- protohuman
- shortage
- Stone Age man
- troglodyte
- ullage
- want
- wantage
Definition
(n) :
a hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans; any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position