retard

1. 1.

   a person of subnormal intelligence

   Synonymsidiotimbecilecretinmoronchangelinghalf-wit

   Broadersimpleton

   Narrowermongoloid

Other forms of retard

plural

retards·

past tense

retarded·

present participle

retarding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retard

What does retard mean?

retard means "cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retard?

retard has 2 syllables: re-tard. The stress falls on "tard". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈtɑɹd/.

What is another word for retard?

Close synonyms include check, delay, decelerate, slow, slow down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retard a common word?

retard is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with retard?

1 word rhymes with retard. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.