Dinosaur
Dinosaur noun - One that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity.
Usage example: as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world
Throwback
Throwback noun - A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
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Synonyms for Throwback
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Related pairs
- square and dinosaur
- square and throwback
- conservative and dinosaur
- conservative and throwback
- fossil and dinosaur
- fossil and throwback
- vestige and dinosaur
- vestige and throwback
- relic and dinosaur
- relic and throwback
- fuddy-duddy and dinosaur
- fuddy-duddy and throwback
- has-been and dinosaur
- has-been and throwback
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If the "throwback" line is any indication, Koopa also looks down on Yoshi and any other dinosaur who hadn't evolved.
Source: Film / Super Mario Bros. - In the French comic Rahan, the eponymous caveman once defeats a Tyrannosaurus rex throwback by planting an iron spear into the dinosaur's head during a thunderstorm, thus attracting lightning and frying the T. rex.
Source: Improvised Lightning Rod -
Improvised Lightning Rod: The eponymous caveman once defeats a Tyrannosaurus rex throwback by planting an iron spear into the dinosaur's head during a thunderstorm, thus attracting lightning and frying the T. rex.
Source: Comic Book / Rahan
Cite this Source
Throwback and Dinosaur. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dinosaur/throwback
Dinosaur & Throwback. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dinosaur/throwback>.
Throwback or Dinosaur. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dinosaur/throwback.
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