Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 470 compound words that contain retro. The most common are listed below. Open retro in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- retro-engineerTo reverse-engineer; to analyze (an existing item) in order to determine how to replicate it.
- retro runningRunning backwards as a form of exercise or physical therapy.
- retro futureAlternative form of retrofuture: An outdated vision of the future.
- retro gamingAlternative spelling of retrogaming: The hobby of playing or collecting older video games and computer games.
- retro-engineAlternative form of retroengine: retrorocket
- retro-engineeringpresent participle and gerund of retro-engineer
- retro rocketAlternative form of retrorocket: A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
- retro-futurismAlternative spelling of retrofuturism: The revival of historical conceptions of the future in media and design.
- retro-modernHaving design elements from the modernist movements of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, or 50s.
- retro rocketsplural of retro rocket: A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
- retro-futuristicAlternative form of retrofuturistic: Of or relating to how the future was inaccurately imagined in the past; resembling an outdated vision of the future.
- retro-colonialPertaining to a modern "retro" interpretation of the US colonial era.
- retro-noirA subgenre that closely imitates or recreates the aesthetics and tropes of the classical noirs.
- retro-orbitalSituated behind the orbit or the eye.
- retro-engineersthird-person singular simple present indicative of retro-engineer: To reverse-engineer; to analyze (an existing item) in order to determine how to replicate it.
- retro-enginesplural of retro-engine: retrorocket
- retro-VictorianA type of novel or fiction, written in the 20th century or later, that is set in the Victorian era (1837–1901).
- retro-fittedAlternative spelling of retrofitted: simple past and past participle of retrofit
- retro futuresplural of retro future: An outdated vision of the future.
- retro-operativeretrospective in effect.
- retro-engineeredsimple past and past participle of retro-engineer
- retro slopAlternative form of retroslop: On the video game platform Roblox, messy or inauthentic attempts at retro avatar or game styles.
- retro-orbitallyIn a retro-orbital direction.
- retro-nostalgiaNostalgia for past trends or media.
Compound words 470
- retrofitTo supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- retrospectConsideration of past times.
- retroactiveExtending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions
- retrovirusAny of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.
- retroreflectiveTending to reflect light back to its source with a minimum scattering of light.
- retronymA new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique, or which did not originally have a specific name.
- retrovirologyThe scientific study of retroviruses.
- retrosynthesisThe prediction of precursors (intermediates and reactants), given the products of a synthesis reaction.
- retropropulsionBackward propulsion, especially the use of rockets to brake or change direction.
- retrofuturisticOf or relating to how the future was inaccurately imagined in the past; resembling an outdated vision of the future.