Associations to the word «Throwback»

Wiktionary

THROWBACK, noun. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
THROWBACK, noun. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
THROWBACK, noun. An atavism.
THROWBACK, noun. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.

Dictionary definition

THROWBACK, noun. An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.
THROWBACK, noun. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
THROWBACK, adjective. Characteristic of an atavist.

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.