retard
a person of subnormal intelligence • Syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit • Derivationally related forms: cretinous (for: cretin), idiotic (for: idiot), imbecilic (for: imbecile), moronic (for: moron) • Hypernyms: simpleton, simple • Hyponyms: mongoloid
1. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate (Freq. 1) - This drug will retard your heart rate • Derivationally related forms: retardation • Hypernyms: decelerate, slow down • Hyponyms: deaden • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s somebody 2. be delayed • Derivationally related forms: retardation • Hypernyms: be • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 3. lose velocity; move more slowly - The car decelerated • Syn: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up • Ant: accelerate (for: decelerate) • Derivationally related forms: retardation, slowdown (for: slow down), slowing (for: slow), deceleration (for: decelerate) • Hypernyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall • Hyponyms: slow, slow down, slow up, delay, detain, hold up • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 4. slow the growth or development of - The brain damage will retard the child's language development • Syn: check, delay • Derivationally related forms: delay (for: delay), retardation • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Hyponyms: dampen, stay, detain, delay • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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