retard

Meanings

Noun

• Retardation; delay.
• A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
• A person with mental retardation.
• A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.

Verb

• To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress
• To put off; to postpone.
• To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
• To decelerate; to slow down.
• To stay back.

Related

Similar words

• reluctant
• decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up

Opposite words

• accelerate, speed, speed up
• come forward

Origin

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