retard

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A retardation

   A retardation; a delay.

2. 2

   A slowing down of the tempo

   A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.

3. 3

   A person with mental retardation.

   • The retard in our class needs special help.
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   1. 4

      A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.

      • 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.
   2. 5

      To keep delaying

      To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.

      • retard the march of an army
      • retard the motion of a ship
   3. 6

      To put off

      To put off; to postpone.

      • to retard the attacks of old age
      • to retard a rupture between nations
   4. 7

      To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).

   5. 8

      To decelerate

      To decelerate; to slow down.

      • 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, retard, retard...
   6. 9

      To stay back.

      • Some years it [The River Nile] hath also retarded, and come far later than usually it was expected

The neighborhood

• synonymhinder
• synonymslow
• synonymslow down
• synonymput off
• synonymstay back
• antonymaccelerateantonym(s) of “keep delaying, continue to hinder”
• antonymspeedantonym(s) of “keep delaying, continue to hinder”
• antonymspeed upantonym(s) of “keep delaying, continue to hinder”
• antonymcome forwardantonym(s) of “stay back”