retard
Syllables: re·tard/ɹɪˈtɑːd//ɹɪˈtɑɹd/
retard noun: a retardation; a delay.
Noun
retard (plural retards)
- A retardation; a delay.
- Synonyms:
- delay, hold-up, retardation
- 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.
- “That's 'cause your dog is a retard,” the large woman retorted. The pit bull must have sensed the insult because it got up on all fours and started barking at the woman. Not one to back down from an interspecies fight, the prison lady stood up […]2007, Doug Green, No Wife No Kids No Plan, →ISBN
- College freshman Scott Damerow set a new world record by using his head to bust 142 eggs and he now officially holds a place in the Guinness Book of Fucking Retards.2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Norm Macdonald
Verb
retard (third-person singular simple present retards, present participle retarding, simple past and past participle retarded)
- To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.
- retard the march of an army
- retard the motion of a ship
- Synonyms:
- impede, hinder, hold up, decelerate
- To put off; to postpone.
- to retard the attacks of old age
- to retard a rupture between nations
- Synonyms:
- postpone
- To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
- To decelerate; to slow down.
- 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, retard, retard...2019, Airbus A350 - Landing (Retard) (YouTube), cockpit voice (actor)
- This application of hydraulics led Sir George Dowty to develop the wagon retarder system, which comprised small hydraulic rams mounted inside the rail. These rams could simply retard a wagon, or both retard and 'boost' or speed up a wagon by hydraulic pressure.2021 June 2, Michael Rhodes, “Tinsley reborn...”, in RAIL, number 932, pages 35–36
- Synonyms:
- decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up
- To stay back.
- Some years it [The River Nile] hath also retarded, and come far later than usually it was expected1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- hang back
retard meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
retard in Tamil
- வேகந் தளர்த்து, குறை, காலந்தாழ்த்து, வளர்ச்சியைத் தாமதப்படுத்து, தாழ்த்துதல்
retard in Urdu
- آہستہ کرنا, دیر لگانا, تاخیر کرنا
retard in Bengali
- প্রতিবন্ধকতা, বিলম্ব, গতি কমে যাওয়া, বাদ্যগতি মন্দীভূতকরণ, মানসিক প্রতিবন্ধী একজন ব্যক্তি, বিলম্ব রাখা
retard in Malayalam
- മന്ദഗതിയാക്കുക, തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുക, അമാന്തിപ്പിക്കുക
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- retard in Kannada
- ವಿಳಂಬಮಾಡು, ಕುಂಠಿತಗೊಳಿಸು, ತಡಮಾಡು, ನಿಧಾನ ಮಾಡು
Synonyms of retard
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Antonyms
Forms of retard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | retards |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | retards |
| present participle | retarding |
| past participle | retarded |
| past | retarded |
Origin of retard
From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardō (“to retard”, from re- + tardus (“slow”)).
Words formed from retard
- Ameritard
- asstard
- atheitard
- celebretard
- celebutard
- Demotard
- Dutertard
- freetard
- frigtard
- fucktard
- full retard
- nigtard
- occutard
- pooptard
- protestard
- retardable
- retardate
- retardee
- retardical
- Retardican
- retardism
- retardive
- retardlike
- retardmaxx
- retard strength
- retardy
- slowtard
- -tard
- ziotard
- growth-retarding
- retarded
Words that rhyme with retard
Questions about retard
- What does retard mean?
- Retard means a retardation; a delay.
- What is retard in Tamil?
- Retard in Tamil is வேகந் தளர்த்து, குறை, காலந்தாழ்த்து. See Retard meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is retard?
- Retard can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce retard?
- Retard is pronounced /ɹɪˈtɑːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of retard?
- The plural of retard is retards.
Words near retard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: retard (page history and authors); retard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retard (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retard (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retard (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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