retarded

Other forms of retarded

plural

retardeds·

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 retarded

What does retarded mean?

retarded means "people collectively who are mentally retarded". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retarded?

retarded has 3 syllables: re-tar-ded. The stress falls on "tar". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈtɑɹdɪd/.

What is another word for retarded?

Close synonyms include mentally retarded, developmentally challenged. 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.

What is the opposite of retarded?

The recorded antonyms are precocious.

Is retarded a common word?

retarded 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.