throwback
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- adjective
- /ˈθroʊbæk/
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retro
- Farmers are not just some small part of the population who subscribe to a hip, vintage, throwback lifestyle because it's cool.
- Throwback Thursday
They're like super throwback, super complicated, like crazy Lego sets.
- They're like super throwback, super complicated, like crazy Lego sets.
- This vlog is going to feel like a throwback old school relaxed Alfie days style vlog.
- I think networks can compete in multi camera comedy and still make a big old throwback sitcom.
- I would have thought it would be a little bit louder, but this is a good little throwback car.
- So cool game, though, very feel kind of old school, like just spray it just, you know, give me a little throwback youngster style.
Examples
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I mean, there is this sort of old school throwback like, oh, it's a little bit of a process to actually take the photo and then print it and it's low resolution.
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It it evokes kind of a throwback style which really suits the Captain America story that they were telling.
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You kind of get that throwback boss lady vibe from her back when it was really, really hard to be a boss lady like her.
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As such, they now have groups wear "throwback jerseys" for at least a couple of games every year.
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This vlog is going to feel like a throwback old school relaxed Alfie days style vlog.
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We're really a watchdog organization... except we're more lighthearted than that sounds with a sort of... throwback, ironic twist.
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The funky beats, the mellow vibe, the '70s and '80s throwback style, it all worked so well and has made Toro Y Moi a mainstay in my music library.
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Everything from the look of this Victorian-era bar to the bartenders' old-time get-ups to the hand-crafted, classic cocktails gives this place a totally classy, throwback-feeling vibe.
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The new fashion line features a throwback style reminiscent of the 1980s.
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Her music has a throwback feel, capturing the essence of classic rock bands.
Synonyms
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Belonging to an earlier time and not fitting the present
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Old and from a past time that people value, like clothes or furniture
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Showing old traits from distant ancestors
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No longer new or fashionable
Belonging to a different time and not fitting the present
A person or thing that belongs to a different time and feels out of place now
Antonyms
How Retro
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Throwback as an adjective comes from the same parts throw and back, with the idea 'to send back' or 'go back'. That's why a throwback style or behavior makes you feel like you are in an earlier time.