Throwback — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/θɹˈoʊbæk/

🇬🇧British English

/θɹˈəʊbak/

🇮🇳Indian English

/θɹˈəʊbak/

2 syllables Say it as /θɹˈoʊbæk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reversion atavism atavist atavistic

Parts of Speech

noun	an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
noun	a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
adjective	characteristic of an atavist

Word Forms

atavistic	adjective	characteristic of an atavist
atavism	noun	a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
atavist	noun	an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rückfall

ein Organismus, der die Eigenschaften eines primitiveren Typs dieses Organismus aufweist

🇫🇷French

retour en arrière

un organisme qui présente les caractéristiques d'un type plus primitif de cet organisme

🇪🇸Spanish

reversión

Un organismo que tiene las características de un tipo más primitivo de ese organismo.

🇮🇹Italian

ritorno al passato

un organismo che ha le caratteristiche di un tipo più primitivo di quell'organismo

🇳🇱Dutch

terugslag

een organisme dat de kenmerken heeft van een meer primitief type van dat organisme

🇵🇹Portuguese

retorno

um organismo que possui as características de um tipo mais primitivo desse organismo

🇷🇺Russian

возврат

организм, имеющий характеристики более примитивного типа этого организма

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पुनरावर्तन

एक जीव जिसमें उस जीव के अधिक आदिम प्रकार की विशेषताएं होती हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

থ্রোব্যাক

একটি জীব যে জীবের একটি আরো আদিম ধরনের বৈশিষ্ট্য আছে

🇮🇳Tamil

திரும்பப் பெறுதல்

அந்த உயிரினத்தின் மிகவும் பழமையான வகையின் பண்புகளைக் கொண்ட ஒரு உயிரினம்

🇮🇳Telugu

త్రోబ్యాక్

ఆ జీవి యొక్క మరింత ప్రాచీన రకం లక్షణాలను కలిగి ఉన్న జీవి

🇮🇳Marathi

थ्रोबॅक

एक जीव ज्यामध्ये त्या जीवाच्या अधिक आदिम प्रकारची वैशिष्ट्ये आहेत

🇮🇳Gujarati

થ્રોબેક

એક સજીવ કે જે તે સજીવના વધુ આદિમ પ્રકારના લક્ષણો ધરાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಥ್ರೋಬ್ಯಾಕ್

ಆ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಪ್ರಕಾರದ ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಜೀವಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ത്രോബാക്ക്

ആ ജീവിയുടെ കൂടുതൽ പ്രാകൃതമായ തരത്തിലുള്ള സ്വഭാവസവിശേഷതകൾ ഉള്ള ഒരു ജീവി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਥ੍ਰੋਬੈਕ

ਇੱਕ ਜੀਵ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਸ ਜੀਵ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਹੋਰ ਮੁੱਢਲੀ ਕਿਸਮ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾਵਾਂ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

تھرو بیک

ایک جاندار جس میں اس جاندار کی ایک زیادہ قدیم قسم کی خصوصیات ہوں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

复古

具有该生物体更原始类型特征的生物体

🇯🇵Japanese

先祖返り

その生物のより原始的なタイプの特徴を持つ生物

🇰🇷Korean

후퇴

해당 유기체보다 더 원시적인 유형의 특성을 갖는 유기체

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự quay lại

một sinh vật có những đặc điểm của một loại sinh vật nguyên thủy hơn

🇹🇭Thai

ย้อนกลับไป

สิ่งมีชีวิตที่มีลักษณะเป็นสิ่งมีชีวิตชนิดดั้งเดิมมากกว่า

🇮🇩Indonesian

melempar ke belakang

suatu organisme yang mempunyai ciri-ciri jenis organisme yang lebih primitif

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إرتداد

كائن حي له خصائص نوع أكثر بدائية من ذلك الكائن

🇮🇷Persian

برگشتی

موجودی که ویژگی های نوع بدوی تر آن موجودات را دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

geri dönüş

o organizmanın daha ilkel bir tipinin özelliklerini taşıyan bir organizma

🇮🇱Hebrew

השלכה לאחור

אורגניזם שיש לו מאפיינים של סוג פרימיטיבי יותר של אותו אורגניזם

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The primary meaning of 'throwback' is 'an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism'.

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