Word.ws English Dictionary

specific language impairment

specific language impairment noun: a disorder where a person's language skills are retarded or abnormally poor for unknown reasons.

Noun

specific language impairment (plural specific language impairments)

  1. A disorder where a person's language skills are retarded or abnormally poor for unknown reasons.
    Synonyms:
    SLI

Synonyms of specific language impairment

Forms of specific language impairment

pluralspecific language impairments

Questions about specific language impairment

What does specific language impairment mean?
Specific language impairment means a disorder where a person's language skills are retarded or abnormally poor for unknown reasons.
What part of speech is specific language impairment?
Specific language impairment is a noun.
What is the plural of specific language impairment?
The plural of specific language impairment is specific language impairments.

Words near specific language impairment in the dictionary

  1. specific heats
  2. specific humidities
  3. specific humidity
  4. specific impulse
  5. specific impulses
  6. specific language impairment
  7. specific language impairments
  8. specific leaf area
  9. specific leaf areas
  10. specific name
  11. specific names

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: specific language impairment (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “specific language impairment.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/specific_language_impairment. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.