Retard

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/
• US IPA: /ɹɪˈtɑɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

• UK IPA: /ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/
• US enPR: rēʹtÉ‘rd, IPA: /ɹiːtɑɹd/

Origin

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre ("to retard"), from re- + tardus ("slow")

Full definition of retard

Noun

1. Retardation; delay.
2. (slang, offensive) A person with mental retardation.Do all retards have a low I.Q.?
3. (slang, offensive) A stupid person, or one who is slow to learn.

Synonyms

• (retardation) delay, hold-up, retardation
• (person with mental retardation) idiot, tard offensive, imbecile disused medical term, mental deficient legal term, moron disused medical term, person with learning difficulties
• (stupid person) See also

Verb

1. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinderretard the march of an armyretard the motion of a ship
2. (transitive) To put off; to postpone.to retard the attacks of old ageto retard a rupture between nations
3. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
4. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To stay back.

Synonyms

• (keep delaying; continue to hinder) decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down
• (postpone) postpone, put off
• (stay back) hang back, stay back

Antonyms

• (keep delaying; continue to hinder) accelerate, speed, speed up
• (postpone)
• (stay back) come forward

Derived terms

• retarded

Anagrams

• darter, tarred, trader