throwback

1. 1.

   characteristic of an atavist

   Synonymsatavistic

   Similarregressive

Other forms of throwback

plural

throwbacks·

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 throwback

What does throwback mean?

throwback means "an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in throwback?

throwback has 2 syllables: throw-back. The stress falls on "throw". In IPA it is /ˈθɹoʊˌbæk/.

What is another word for throwback?

Close synonyms include atavist, atavism, reversion, atavistic. 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 throwback a common word?

throwback is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with throwback?

34 words rhyme with throwback. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.