The meaning of THROWBACK is one that is suggestive of or suited to an earlier time or style. How to use throwback in a sentence.

It is the acts of barbarity, a throwback from the past; it is the violence that we have lived with for so long.

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1. See atavism. 2. One that has characteristics of an earlier time: a song that is a throwback to the big-band era.

a person or thing that evokes memories or imitates something from the past (often used attributively): On their anniversary, she took to social media with a throwback photo from their wedding reception.

A return to an older way of doing something—or an old characteristic that reappears—is a throwback. If you like dressing in bell bottoms and leisure suits, your style is a throwback to the 1970s.

If you say that something is a throwback to a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago.

The film doesn't resonate like a throwback, but like one that's been pushed through a time-warp from an early, dusky period.

2 days ago · The “2026 is the new 2016” trend has taken over social media, with users posting throwback photos.

Definition of throwback noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.