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Synonyms for throwback
ˈθroʊˌbækthrow·back
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Wiktionary
throwbacknoun
Synonyms:
anachronism
Princeton's WordNet
atavist, throwbacknoun
an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
Synonyms:
reversion, atavist, atavismAntonyms:
progressiveatavism, reversion, throwbackadjective
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Synonyms:
reverting, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, relapsing, lapse, regress, backsliding, lapsing, regression, reverse, atavism, atavist, retrogression, relapse, retroversion, reversionAntonyms:
progressiveatavistic, throwback(a)adjective
characteristic of an atavist
Antonyms:
progressive
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List of paraphrases for "throwback":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3815 | reverse | |
#8636 | regression | |
#15621 | reversal | |
#17866 | turnaround | |
#21097 | lapse | |
#25141 | relapse | |
#31016 | throwback | |
#39147 | regress | |
#40939 | reversion | |
#44872 | backspace | |
#52350 | reverting | |
#67929 | anachronism | |
#75553 | relapsing | |
#100874 | turnabout | |
#111234 | lapsing | |
#114563 | backsliding | |
#158119 | retrogression | |
#248648 | atavism |
How to use throwback in a sentence?
This is a challenging play time for adult-oriented films, the film is definitely a throwback to an old fashioned way of creating atmosphere and layering tension. It's visually stunning and genuinely creepy.
The YU administration's announcement today that The YU administration will cancel all student club activities rather than accept one LGBTQ peer support group on campus is a throwback to 50 years ago when the city of Jackson, Mississippi closed all public swimming pools rather than comply with court orders to desegregate.
We are in the middle of the #MeToo movement, the push for diversity, the backlash to a lot of the Trump stuff. He is in many ways a throwback host to a time before we had all of these concerns.
There were some times Golden State felt like that, a lot of pace, a lot of movement just trying to push the tempo, with Kevin Durant, you can kind of be lazy knowing you can throw the ball to K and Kevin Durant'll get that bucket. It definitely was a little throwback for us, for sure.
This is a different moment in Hollywood than when Ricky Gervais last hosted the show, we are in the middle of the #MeToo movement, the push for diversity, the backlash to a lot of the Trump stuff. He is in many ways a throwback host to a time before we had all of these concerns.
Translations for throwback
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- ردةArabic
- tilbagevendenDanish
- RückfallGerman
- αναδρομήGreek
- reversiónSpanish
- پرتاب کردنPersian
- takaiskuFinnish
- throwbackFrench
- primitivizmusHungarian
- հետադարձArmenian
- throwbackIndonesian
- ritorno al passatoItalian
- 後戻りJapanese
- throwbackLatin
- throwbackDutch
- tilbakeblikkNorwegian
- powrót do przeszłościPolish
- RetrocessoPortuguese
- întoarcerea înapoiRomanian
- возвратRussian
- återgångSwedish
- த்ரோபேக்Tamil
- gerilemeTurkish
- throwback کےUrdu
- sự quay lạiVietnamese
- 返祖Chinese
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