retro
adjective
[ ˈrɛtrəʊ ]
• imitative of a style or fashion from the recent past.
• "retro 60s fashions"
Similar:
in period style,
period,
nostalgic,
evocative,
of yesteryear,
olde worlde,
dated,
old-fashioned,
backward-looking,
retrogressive,
out of date,
passé,
retro
noun
• retro clothes, music, or style.
• "a look which mixes Italian casual wear and American retro"
Origin:
1960s: from French rétro, abbreviation of rétrograde ‘retrograde’.
retro
noun
• short for retrorocket.
retro-
combining form
• denoting action that is directed backwards or is reciprocal.
• "retrocede"
• denoting location behind.
• "retrosternal"
Origin:
from Latin retro ‘backwards’.
