Throwback

/ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/

Synonyms for "throwback" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(7 words)
atavismreversionancestral traitancestral typearchaicatavistatavistic
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (17)

Noun(2 words)
behind the timesnostalgia cue

Related words (27)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

16 entries
beingcharacteristiccultural artifactdesign motifdevelopmentgenetic descriptororganismphenomenonphenotype descriptorrecurrencereferencereturnstyle descriptorstylistic descriptortraittrend

More specific

13 entries
ancestral traitatavismatavistic traitgenetic throwbackhistoric motifnostalgicperiod pieceperiod revivalretroretro fashionretro motifvintage designvintage motif

Collocations

7 entries
throwback designthrowback erathrowback fashionthrowback imagethrowback motifthrowback stylethrowback trend

Inflections

3 entries
more throwbackmost throwbackthrowbacks

Derivations

2 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Boy, that song is really a throwback to the old days!

Source: tatoeba (8985309)

I love a good throwback.

Source: tatoeba (9743241)

Since it's Throwback Thursday, here's a song you might remember from the 90s.

Source: tatoeba (10322432)

You see, the House of Representatives recently passed a military budget that is wholly inadequate, a throwback to the seventies, a budget that is a breach of faith with our Armed Forces and our allies and would send exactly the wrong signal to the Soviets and their satellites.

Source: wiktionary

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