Usually means: Nostalgic style from past decades.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word retro:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. retro, retro-: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. retro, retro, retro-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retro, retro-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. retro, retro-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. retro: Vocabulary.com
  6. Retro, retro, retro-: Wordnik
  7. retro, retro-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. retro, retro-: Wiktionary
  9. retro, retro-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. retro, retro-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. retro: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Retro-, retro, retro, retro-: Dictionary.com
  13. retro, retro-: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. R.E.T.R.O, Retro (EP), Retro (KMFDM album), Retro (Lou Reed album), Retro (New Order album), Retro (TV channel), Retro (music), Retro: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Retro-: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. retro-: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. retro: Rhymezone
  18. Retro-, retro: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. retro, retro-: MyWord.info
  20. retro, retro-: Free Dictionary
  21. retro: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. retro, retro, retro-: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retro-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Retro (music), Retro: Legal dictionary

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  3. retro-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. RETRO-, RETRO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. GLOSSARY OF JEWELRY-RELATED TERMS (No longer online)
  2. IndyGem Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
adjective:  Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.
noun:  (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.
noun:  (chess) A chess puzzle of retrograde analysis, requiring the solver to work out the history of moves leading to the position presented.
noun:  (countable) Abbreviation of retrorocket. [A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.]
noun:  (countable) Abbreviation of retrospective. [An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.]

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