Throwback

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A reversion to a former type or ancestral characteristic.
  • n. See atavism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a reversion to an earlier stage of development
  • n. an organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form
  • n. atavism
  • n. a person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. the reappearance in an organism of characteristics of an earlier ancestral type; atavism.
  • n. an organisms having characteristics of an earlier ancestral type.
  • verb-intransitive. to revert to an ancestral type or character.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Anything which acts as a setback; specifically, a person who or thing which causes another to seem inferior by contrast.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. throw back with a quick, light motion
  • adj. characteristic of an atavist
  • n. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
  • n. an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
    • Equivalent
    regressive   
    Verb Form
    throwbacks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sky    toss    pitch    flip    recurrence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    atavism    relapse    anachronism   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    buitenland    folky    crew-neck    anywise    garbling   
     
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