throwback

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
2. (countable, derogatory, uncountable) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
3. (countable, uncountable) An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
4. (countable, uncountable) An atavism.
5. (countable, uncountable) A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
6. (attributive, countable, often, slang, uncountable) A person or thing that evokes memories.
7. (US, countable, uncountable) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.

Synonyms

atavism

reversion

atavistic

atavist

keepsake

memento

recollection

reentry

relic

reminiscence

return

switchover

throw-over

memory

cut-over

switching over

comeback

coming back

flashback

Translations

atavismo

atavizm

atavisme

atacılık

Atavismus

retour

reversão

atavismo

αταβισμός

atávico

atavisme

atavismo

retour en arrière

Rückkehr

renvoyer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/

Etymology

Deverbal from throw back.