retardation

retardation is a 11-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.
2. noun. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
3. noun. The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
4. noun. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.
5. noun. the act of slowing down or falling behind

   Synonyms: lag, slowdown

6. noun. a decrease in rate of change

   "the deceleration of the arms race"

   Synonyms: deceleration, slowing

7. noun. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

   Synonyms: backwardness, slowness, subnormality

8. noun. any agent that retards or delays or hinders

   "flame-retardant"

   Synonyms: retardant, retardent

9. noun. the extent to which something is delayed or held back

Synonyms

lag, slowdown, deceleration, slowing, backwardness, slowness, subnormality, retardant, retardent

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