retard
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person of subnormal intelligence
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Sense 2 verb
cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
This drug will retard your heart rate
Types & categories
- decelerate hypernym
- deaden hyponym
Related & opposite
- retardant derivation
Sense 3 verb
be delayed
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
- slowdown derivation
- deceleration derivation
- retardation derivation
Sense 4 verb
slow the growth or development of
The brain damage will retard the child's language development
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- holdup derivation
- mental retardation derivation
- changeling derivation
- wait derivation
Sense 5 verb
lose velocity; move more slowly
The car decelerated
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- quicken antonym
- slowdown derivation
- deceleration derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | retard |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | imbecile |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moronic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cretinous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | simpleton |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mongoloid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | retardant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decelerate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deaden |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | retardation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdup |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mental retardation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | changeling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wait |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dampen |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | detain |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | quicken |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceleration |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | slow up |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | delay |