progressive. atavism, reversion, throwbackadjective. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic. Synonyms: reverting, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, relapsing, lapse, regress, backsliding, lapsing, regression, reverse, atavism, atavist, retrogression, relapse, retroversion, reversion.

What's another way of saying throwback?

In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for throwback, like: hark-back, remainder, reversion, atavism, throw-back, atavistic, regression, atavist and carry-over.

Is throwback a formal word?

The noun throwback can be a less-formal way to say atavism. Both words describe a reversion to something that was done (or existed) in the past.