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- retarded; retarding; retards Synonyms of retard transitive verb : to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment chemicals to retard the spread of fire intransitive verb : to become delayed : to undergo retardation
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The meaning of RETARD is to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment. How to use retard in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Retard.
Synonyms and antonyms of retard in English. retard. verb. These are words and phrases related to retard. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of retard. Lack of sunlight retards growth in many organisms. Synonyms. slow up. slow down. impede. delay the progress of. detain. check. block. obstruct. clog.
Synonyms for RETARD: slow, brake, inhibit, hinder, stop, impede, decelerate, slacken; Antonyms of RETARD: accelerate, hasten, hurry, speed (up), rush, step up, encourage, push.
- Some common synonyms of retard are delay, detain, slacken, and slow. While all these words mean "to cause to be late or behind in movement or progr...
- The meanings of delay and retard largely overlap; however, delay implies a holding back, usually by interference, from completion or arrival. // ba...
- The words detain and retard can be used in similar contexts, but detain implies a holding back beyond a reasonable or appointed time. // unexpected...
- While in some cases nearly identical to retard, slacken suggests an easing up or relaxing of power or effort. // on hot days runners slacken their...
- Both slow and slacken also imply a reduction of speed, slow often suggesting deliberate intention. // medication slowed the patient's heart rate
retard. noun [ C ] offensive uk / ˈriː.tɑːd / us / ˈriː.tɑːrd /. a word for a person with a learning disability (= a condition that can have an effect on someone's ability to learn easily), which was used by doctors in the past but is now extremely offensive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned. act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage. verb. slow the growth or development of. “The brain damage will retard the child's language development”. synonyms: check, delay. see more.
to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
1. verb. If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly. [formal] Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future. [VERB noun] Synonyms: slow down, check, arrest, delay More Synonyms of retard. 2. countable noun.
