retro
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adjective \ˈre-(ˌ)trō\Definition of RETRO
: relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned <a retro look>
— retro noun
See Examples of RETRO
- the retro look in fashion
- <retro fashions that seek to capture the lost glamour of Hollywood in the 1930s>
Origin of RETRO
French rétro, short for rétrospectif retrospective
First Known Use: 1974
Related to RETRO
- Synonyms
- antique, oldfangled, old-school, old-time, old-timey, old-world, quaint, old–fashioned, retrograde, vintage
- Antonyms
- contemporary, current, hot, mod, modern, modernist, modernistic, new age, newfangled, new-fashioned, present-day, red-hot, space-age, state-of-the-art, ultramodern, up-to-date
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