Learn an extensive list of words that contain “retro” to enhance your understanding and vocabulary.
- Retroactive- taking effect from a date in the past.
- Retrospective- looking back on or dealing with past events or situations.
- Retrofit- to add a component or accessory to something that did not have it when manufactured.
- Retronym- a term created because an existing term has become inadequate.
- Retrophile- a person with an interest in past fashions or cultures.
- Retrorocket- a rocket providing backward thrust, used to slow or reverse a spacecraft or missile.
- Retrogression- the process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one.
- Retrodictive- making conclusions about the past.
- Retroversion- the state of being turned backward.
- Retrodiction- the act of reasoning backwards to infer past events.
- Retroviral- relating to or caused by retroviruses.
- Retrovision- backward glance or review.
- Retroreflective- reflecting light back to its source.
- Retrogress- to move backward, especially into an earlier, usually worse condition.
- Retroflex- turned or bent backward.
- Retronasal- related to the space at the back of the nose.
- Retrocede- to return or give back.
- Retroscope- a device for looking backward or reviewing past events.
- Retroact- to act upon something in the past.
- Retrochoir- a part of a church located behind or beyond the main choir.
- Retrocession- the act of returning something to its former owner.
- Retrolental- located or occurring behind the lens of the eye.
- Retromingent- urinating backward (used to describe certain animals).
- Retrofitment- the addition of new technology or features to older systems.
- Retropulsion- backward movement.
- Retroperitoneal- situated or occurring behind the peritoneum.
- Retrobase- a historical starting point for comparisons and assessments.
- Retronasal- relating to or situated behind and above the hard palate.
- Retropunch- a boxing technique or move in which the boxer moves backward.
- Retrowave- a genre of electronic music inspired by the 1980s.
- Retroprojector- a device for projecting images onto a surface from behind.
- Retrognathia- a condition where the jaw is set back from the frontal plane of the forehead.
- Retrostroking- in swimming, the movement of arms in a backward direction.
- Retrovizor- an instrument for looking back or reviewing past events.
- Retrorespondent- someone who responds by reflecting on past events.