retard

Meaning of retard

noun

Retardation; delay.
A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
A person with mental retardation.
The retard in our class needs special help.
A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.

verb

To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress
retard the march of an army
To put off; to postpone.
to retard a rupture between nations
To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
To decelerate; to slow down.
To stay back.

Information about retard

The plural form of retard is: retards.
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Hyphenation of retard

re-tard

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
retard is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

retard synonyms

Meaning idiot:

idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling

Meaning check:

Meaning decelerate:

decelerate, slow

Meaning :

retarded, retardation, hinder, impede, postpone, reluctant

retard antonyms

Meaning :

accelerate, speed

Anagrams of retard

darter, dartre, dertra, Redart, redart, retrad, tarred, trader

Words that rhyme with retard

Ultratard, batard, petard, tetard, Semitard, dynamitard, ritard, unitard, aquitard, Lentard, Cotard, dotard, leotard, Bastard, abastard, bastard, bustard, costard, custard, dastard, gustard, mustard, dottard, pittard, Mixtard

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