retro

Other forms of retro

plural

retroes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retro

What does retro mean?

retro means "a fashion reminiscent of the past". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retro?

retro has 2 syllables: ret-ro. The stress falls on "ret". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛtɹoʊ/.

What is another word for retro?

Close synonyms include ex post facto, retroactive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retro a common word?

retro is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.