English dictionary

retard

/r/I/'t/A/rd/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate

verb.change

Examples
This drug will retard your heart rate.

Source: WordNet 3.0
be delayed

verb.stative

Source: WordNet 3.0
slow the growth or development of

verb.change

Examples
The brain damage will retard the child's language development.

Synonyms check delay

Source: WordNet 3.0
lose velocity; move more slowly

verb.change

Synonyms decelerate slow slow down slow up

Antonyms accelerate quicken speed speed up

Source: WordNet 3.0
To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.

verb

Source: webster1913
To stay back.

verb

Source: webster1913