retard

retard is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.
2. transitive verb. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
3. intransitive verb. To stay back.
4. noun. Retardation; delay.
5. noun. a person of subnormal intelligence

   Synonyms: changeling, cretin, idiot, imbecile, moron

6. verb. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate

   "This drug will retard your heart rate"

7. verb. lose velocity; move more slowly

   "The car decelerated"

   Synonyms: decelerate, slow

8. verb. slow the growth or development of

   "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"

   Synonyms: check, delay

9. verb. be delayed

Synonyms

changeling, cretin, idiot, imbecile, moron, decelerate, slow, check, delay

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in retard:

darter, dartre, dertra, retrad, tarred, trader

Common word forms

retards, retarded, retarder, retarding, retardment

Words from these letters

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