# throwback

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/ · frequency rank #21,095

## Definitions
1. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
2. A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
3. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
4. An atavism.
5. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
6. A person or thing that evokes memories.
7. A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.

## Etymology
Deverbal from throw back.

## Common misspellings (15)
`htrowback`, `thhrowback`, `thorwback`, `throbwack`, `throwabck`, `throwbacck`, `throwbackk`, `throwbakc`, `throwbback`, `throwbcak`, `throwwback`, `thrrowback`, `thrwoback`, `trhowback`, `tthrowback`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/throwback