English

Detailed Synonyms for retard in English

retard:

to retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)

  1. to retard
    to delay; to retard; to deter; to stop
    • delay verb (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)
    • deter verb (deters, deterred, deterring)
    • stop verb (stops, stopped, stopping)
  2. to retard
    to slow down; to retard; to temporize; to slacken; drag out; to temporise
    • slow down verb (slows down, slowed down, slowing down)
    • retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)
    • temporize verb, American (temporizes, temporized, temporizing)
    • slacken verb (slackens, slackened, slackening)
    • drag out verb
    • temporise verb, British
  3. to retard
    to procrastinate; to dawdle; to linger; to retard; to saunter; to tarry; to delay; to put off
    • procrastinate verb (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)
    • saunter verb (saunters, sauntered, sauntering)
    • tarry verb (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • delay verb (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • put off verb (puts off, put off, putting off)
  4. to retard
    – cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate 1
    to retard
    – cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate 1
    • retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)
      • This drug will retard your heart rate1
  5. to retard
    – lose velocity; move more slowly 1
    to retard; slow; to slow down; decelerate; slow up
    – lose velocity; move more slowly 1
  6. to retard
    – slow the growth or development of 1
    to delay; to check; to retard
    – slow the growth or development of 1
    • delay verb (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • check verb (checks, checked, checking)
    • retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)
      • The brain damage will retard the child's language development1
  7. to retard
    – be delayed 1
    to retard
    – be delayed 1
    • retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)

Conjugations for retard:

present
  1. retard
  2. retard
  3. retards
  4. retard
  5. retard
  6. retard
simple past
  1. retarded
  2. retarded
  3. retarded
  4. retarded
  5. retarded
  6. retarded
present perfect
  1. have retarded
  2. have retarded
  3. has retarded
  4. have retarded
  5. have retarded
  6. have retarded
past continuous
  1. was retarding
  2. were retarding
  3. was retarding
  4. were retarding
  5. were retarding
  6. were retarding
future
  1. shall retard
  2. will retard
  3. will retard
  4. shall retard
  5. will retard
  6. will retard
continuous present
  1. am retarding
  2. are retarding
  3. is retarding
  4. are retarding
  5. are retarding
  6. are retarding
subjunctive
  1. be retarded
  2. be retarded
  3. be retarded
  4. be retarded
  5. be retarded
  6. be retarded
diverse
  1. retard!
  2. let's retard!
  3. retarded
  4. retarding
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

retard [the ~] noun

  1. the retard
    – a person of subnormal intelligence 1
    the retard; the moron; the idiot; the changeling; the imbecile; the cretin; the half-wit
    – a person of subnormal intelligence 1

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Related Definitions for "retard":

  1. a person of subnormal intelligence1
  2. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate1
    • This drug will retard your heart rate1
  3. lose velocity; move more slowly1
  4. slow the growth or development of1
    • The brain damage will retard the child's language development1
  5. be delayed1