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Definitions for Retard

[1] to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
[2] to be delayed.
[3] a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
[4] Slang : Disparaging and Offensive . a contemptuous term used to refer to a person who is cognitively impaired. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.
[5] Automotive , Machinery . an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.
[6] (tr) to delay or slow down (the progress, speed, or development) of (something)
[7] US offensive a retarded person
[8] US offensive a foolish person

Words related to Retard

decelerate, handicap, lessen, impede, crimp, hamper, defer, loaf, clog, fetter, reduce, down, dawdle, decrease, check, hesitate, poke, detain, delay, arrest

Words nearby Retard

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Origin of Retard

1480–90; < Latin retardāre to delay, protract, equivalent to re- re- + tardāre to loiter, be slow, derivative of tardus slow; see tardy

Other words from Retard

re·tard·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Retard

C15: from Old French retarder , from Latin retardāre , from re- + tardāre to make slow, from tardus sluggish; see tardy

Synonyms for Retard

choke off, crimp, decelerate, hamper, handicap, impede, lessen, arrest, baffle, balk, bog, brake, check, choke, clog, dawdle, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hesitate, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, slacken, stall, back off, bog down, bring to screeching halt, close off, hang up, hold back, hold up, let up, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slow down, slow up, take down