retarded
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
people collectively who are mentally retarded
he started a school for the retarded
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded
Related & opposite
- unintelligent also see
- precocious antonym
- half-witted similar to
- imbecile similar to
- moronic similar to
- cretinous similar to
- delayed similar to
- dim-witted similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unintelligent |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | precocious |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | half-witted |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | imbecile |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | moronic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cretinous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | delayed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dim-witted |