Definition for Hark back:

• go back to something earlier; " This harks back to a previous remark of his"

Synonyms for Hark back:

• n.

  •come back (noun)
  • come back.

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • return,
  • recall.
  •reminisce (verb)
  • cite,
  • retrospect,
  • bethink,
  • remind,
  • think back,
  • retain,
  • revive,
  • remember,
  • mind,
  • review,
  • recollect.
  •revert (verb)
  • backslide,
  • change,
  • lapse,
  • decline,
  • resume,
  • transpose,
  • relapse,
  • fall off the wagon,
  • flip-flop,
  • turn back,
  • inverse,
  • react,
  • deteriorate,
  • turn,
  • go back,
  • retrograde,
  • retrogress,
  • invert,
  • degenerate,
  • regress,
  • take up where left off,
  • recrudesce,
  • about-face,
  • throw back.

• Other synonyms:

  •revert
  • Retrograded,
  • inverses,
  • Retrograding,
  • Resumed,
  • inversed,
  • turning back,
  • turned back,
  • flip-flopping,
  • retrogrades.

Antonyms for Hark back:

• v.

  • reminisce
    repress, forget.
  • revert
    progress, grow, develop.
  • Other antonyms:
    disregard, lose, Disremember, neglect, unlearn, ignore, miss, misremember, overlook, blank.

Hypernym for Hark back:

• v.

  • communication
    recur, go back.

Hyponym for Hark back:

• v.

  • communication
    refer, denote.