Synonyms for Retard:

• n.

  •bog down (noun)
  • bog.
  •changeling (noun)
  • changeling.

• v.

  •arrest (verb)
  • re strict,
  • re-strain,
  • re strain,
  • re-strict,
  • re-strains,
  • re strains,
  • re straining,
  • re strained,
  • re-strained,
  • re-straining.
  •bog down (verb)
  • hanging up,
  • slows down,
  • hanged up,
  • slowing up,
  • slows up,
  • slowing down,
  • hangs up.
  •change (verb)
  • retard.
  •check (verb)
  • holds down,
  • counter-acted,
  • re presses,
  • counter-act,
  • dis-courage,
  • with hold,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis courages,
  • nip bud,
  • re-presses,
  • counter acts,
  • re-duces,
  • re press,
  • re duce,
  • re-buff,
  • dis courage,
  • nip the bud,
  • re pulses,
  • counter-acting,
  • re pressing,
  • counter acting,
  • with-hold,
  • re pulsed,
  • dis-courages,
  • counter-acts,
  • slackening pace,
  • re-pressing,
  • re pressed,
  • counter acted,
  • holds in,
  • with held,
  • with-holds,
  • with-held,
  • re buff,
  • re pulse,
  • played for time,
  • re-pulse,
  • slackened pace,
  • Bitting,
  • reining in,
  • re buffed,
  • with holds,
  • re-buffed,
  • re buffs,
  • re-press,
  • counter act,
  • re-duce,
  • re duces,
  • re pulsing,
  • re-buffing,
  • with holding,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re-pulses,
  • slackens pace,
  • nip in bud,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re buffing.
  •choke (verb)
  • over powers,
  • over-powering,
  • over powered,
  • over-powered,
  • over-powers,
  • over powering,
  • over-power,
  • over power.
  •curb (verb)
  • co-oking,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • sub-dues,
  • hog tie,
  • keeps lid on,
  • cooled off,
  • boxed in,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • co oked,
  • sub due,
  • entrammeling,
  • sub dues,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • keeps tight rein on,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • co-oked,
  • co oking,
  • sending up,
  • entrammels,
  • kept lid on,
  • cools down,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • kept tight rein on,
  • keeping lid on,
  • cools off,
  • keeping tight rein on,
  • boxing in,
  • entrammeled,
  • sub-due.
  •dam (verb)
  • stopt up,
  • stopping up.
  •deaden (verb)
  • de-aden,
  • puts out of order,
  • de sensitized,
  • put sleep,
  • de-pressed,
  • de press,
  • de-sensitizing,
  • puts sleep,
  • de vitalizes,
  • de-pressing,
  • de-vitalized,
  • de stroys,
  • de-stroy,
  • de-sensitizes,
  • de sensitizes,
  • ko'd,
  • de vitalizing,
  • in capacitate,
  • de pressing,
  • etherizes,
  • de-press,
  • be-numb,
  • de pressed,
  • de sensitizing,
  • de-stroying,
  • in capacitates,
  • de stroyed,
  • de presses,
  • puts out order,
  • lays out,
  • in capacitated,
  • de-vitalize,
  • un nerving,
  • be numbed,
  • de vitalized,
  • in capacitating,
  • be-numbs,
  • de-vitalizing,
  • be numbs,
  • be numbing,
  • put out order,
  • be-numbed,
  • koing,
  • un-nerves,
  • un-nerving,
  • de-sensitize,
  • de stroy,
  • de sensitize,
  • in-capacitated,
  • de adens,
  • de aden,
  • putting out order,
  • un nerved,
  • de-adens,
  • Etherized,
  • de-stroys,
  • de-stroyed,
  • de-presses,
  • putting out of order,
  • de-sensitized,
  • in-capacitates,
  • be numb,
  • un-nerve,
  • un nerves,
  • de vitalize,
  • KOD,
  • de-vitalizes,
  • putting sleep,
  • in-capacitating,
  • de stroying,
  • in-capacitate,
  • Etherizing,
  • un nerve,
  • be-numbing,
  • ko'ing.
  •defer (verb)
  • pro longing,
  • pro-long,
  • hung fire,
  • laid over,
  • pro roguing,
  • pro-longs,
  • puts on ice,
  • intermits,
  • post pones,
  • putting on ice,
  • putting on back burner,
  • gave rain check,
  • pro-tract,
  • ex-tend,
  • pro tract,
  • laying over,
  • ex-tended,
  • puts on hold,
  • post-pones,
  • pro rogue,
  • puts back burner,
  • put back burner,
  • puts hold,
  • sets aside,
  • pro longs,
  • putting back burner,
  • post-pone,
  • ex tended,
  • pro long,
  • ex-tends,
  • putting ice,
  • ex tends,
  • gives rain check,
  • pro-tracts,
  • pro-longed,
  • lays over,
  • put hold,
  • hanged fire,
  • pro rogues,
  • puts ice,
  • pro tracts,
  • pro-rogue,
  • pro-rogued,
  • ex-tending,
  • pro-rogues,
  • putting hold,
  • post pone,
  • pro-roguing,
  • giving rain check,
  • put ice,
  • puts on back burner,
  • pro rogued,
  • ex tend,
  • pro-longing,
  • ex tending.
  •delay (verb)
  • de-lay,
  • de laying,
  • bides time,
  • de-laying,
  • inter-feres,
  • dilly dally,
  • inter feres,
  • de lay,
  • inter fere,
  • bided time,
  • holds over,
  • gaining time,
  • biding time,
  • de-lays,
  • gained time,
  • gains time,
  • inter-fere,
  • bode time,
  • de lays.
  •detain (verb)
  • re-serves,
  • re serve,
  • re served,
  • re-serve,
  • de-tain,
  • de tain,
  • re-serving,
  • in terns,
  • de-tains,
  • in-terns,
  • re-served,
  • in tern,
  • re serving,
  • in-tern,
  • de tains.
  •dwarf (verb)
  • micrified,
  • over shadow,
  • over-shadows,
  • looked down upon,
  • looks down upon,
  • makes small,
  • micrifying,
  • over shadows,
  • rises above,
  • micrifies,
  • looked down up on,
  • detracted from,
  • made small,
  • looking down up on,
  • rose above,
  • pre dominated,
  • pre dominates,
  • over shadowing,
  • looks down up on,
  • pre dominating,
  • looking down upon,
  • pre-dominating,
  • be-littles,
  • be-little,
  • towered over,
  • over-shadowing,
  • be littles,
  • pre-dominated,
  • over-shadowed,
  • making small,
  • over shadowed,
  • over-shadow,
  • detracting from,
  • pre-dominate,
  • look down up on,
  • pre-dominates,
  • pre dominate,
  • detracts from,
  • minifies.
  •encumber (verb)
  • made difficult,
  • dis commode,
  • dis-commode,
  • over-burdens,
  • over loaded,
  • over-load,
  • makes difficult,
  • over-burdening,
  • dis commodes,
  • in-commodes,
  • saddling with,
  • over burdening,
  • in-commode,
  • in commodes,
  • over-loaded,
  • in conveniences,
  • in-conveniences,
  • in-convenience,
  • saddles with,
  • over burdens,
  • over-loading,
  • making difficult,
  • in commode,
  • dis-commodes,
  • over-loads,
  • over loading,
  • over burden,
  • over loads,
  • over-burdened,
  • over burdened,
  • over load.
  •hamper (verb)
  • cramped one style,
  • tied hands,
  • tied one's hands,
  • got way,
  • cramping style,
  • cramped one's style,
  • getting in way,
  • drags one feet,
  • cramps ones style,
  • drag one feet,
  • dragging one feet,
  • dragged feet,
  • getting in the way,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • got in way,
  • cramping one style,
  • ties one hands,
  • gat in the way,
  • drags feet,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • get way,
  • cramps style,
  • tying ones hands,
  • dragged one feet,
  • cramped style,
  • drags ones feet,
  • gat way,
  • gets way,
  • drag ones feet,
  • cramping ones style,
  • gat the way,
  • got the way,
  • cramped ones style,
  • get in way,
  • getting the way,
  • drags one's feet,
  • gotten in the way,
  • gat in way,
  • gets in way,
  • tying hands,
  • tying one hands,
  • getting way,
  • cramp one style,
  • get the way,
  • gotten way,
  • ties ones hands,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • ties hands,
  • tie hands,
  • cramp ones style,
  • cramps one's style,
  • dragging feet,
  • gotten the way,
  • got in the way,
  • ties one's hands,
  • tied one hands,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • cramping one's style,
  • gets the way,
  • cramps one style,
  • tying one's hands,
  • tie ones hands,
  • tie one hands,
  • gotten in way,
  • tied ones hands,
  • gets in the way.
  •hinder (verb)
  • de bars,
  • de barred,
  • de-bars,
  • de-barred,
  • de bar,
  • snafuing,
  • de-bar,
  • de-barring,
  • de barring.
  •hinder, obstruct (verb)
  • baffle,
  • falter,
  • down,
  • loiter,
  • lessen,
  • choke off,
  • back off,
  • hesitate,
  • retardate,
  • poke,
  • decrease,
  • reduce,
  • loaf,
  • dawdle,
  • decelerate,
  • shut down,
  • handicap,
  • set back,
  • brake,
  • clog,
  • flag,
  • fetter,
  • take down,
  • let up,
  • balk,
  • postpone,
  • hold back,
  • crimp,
  • shut off.
  •hold up (verb)
  • holds off.
  •impede (verb)
  • dis concerted,
  • dis comfits,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • dis concerting,
  • flags one,
  • dis-comfit,
  • flagged one,
  • dis comfit,
  • dis-concerts,
  • blew whistle on,
  • dis-concerting,
  • dis-concert,
  • blows whistle on,
  • dis concerts,
  • dis-comfits,
  • dis-concerted,
  • flagging one,
  • closes off,
  • dis concert.
  •lag (verb)
  • inching along,
  • de creased,
  • loses strength,
  • is behind,
  • de-creased,
  • gat no place fast,
  • getting no place fast,
  • losing strength,
  • inched along,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • am behind,
  • de-creases,
  • gets no place fast,
  • de-crease,
  • inches along,
  • got no place fast,
  • wert behind,
  • de creasing,
  • art behind,
  • de crease,
  • de creases,
  • de-creasing,
  • lost strength,
  • were behind,
  • are behind,
  • wast behind,
  • was behind.
  •obstruct (verb)
  • monkeys with,
  • monkeyed with,
  • monkeying with.
  •prevent (verb)
  • pre venting,
  • inter dict,
  • pre vent,
  • fore-stalls,
  • fore stalls,
  • putting end to,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-vent,
  • defends against,
  • puts a stop to,
  • defending against,
  • puts an end to,
  • putting a stop to,
  • inter-cept,
  • forfended,
  • putting stop to,
  • fore stalling,
  • forfends,
  • fore-stalled,
  • pre-vented,
  • defended against,
  • pre vented,
  • pre-venting,
  • puts stop to,
  • putting an end to,
  • turns aside,
  • inter-dict,
  • forfending,
  • pre-vents,
  • fore-stalling,
  • fore stall,
  • inter cept,
  • puts end to,
  • fore-stall.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • gave run around,
  • are dilatory,
  • letted slide,
  • playing waiting game,
  • shilly shally,
  • gave the run around,
  • art dilatory,
  • letting slide,
  • wert dilatory,
  • wast dilatory,
  • played waiting game,
  • played a waiting game,
  • plays a waiting game,
  • play waiting game,
  • lets slide,
  • am dilatory,
  • gives the run around,
  • was dilatory,
  • plays waiting game,
  • playing a waiting game,
  • giving the run around,
  • were dilatory,
  • gives run around,
  • giving run around,
  • is dilatory,
  • being dilatory.
  •put off (verb)
  • re schedules,
  • re scheduling,
  • puts back,
  • re-scheduling,
  • re-schedules,
  • re scheduled,
  • re schedule,
  • putting back,
  • re-schedule,
  • re-scheduled.
  •set back (verb)
  • de feat,
  • embogging,
  • re-verse,
  • de feats,
  • re versing,
  • re verse,
  • de-feat,
  • de-feats,
  • re-versed,
  • embogs,
  • embogged.
  •slacken (verb)
  • un tightening,
  • sub sided,
  • un-tighten,
  • sub-sides,
  • un-tightened,
  • sub sides,
  • un-tightens,
  • un tightens,
  • un tighten,
  • un-tightening,
  • sub side,
  • un tightened.
  •slow (verb)
  • trudge,
  • plod,
  • creep,
  • crawl,
  • linger,
  • drag.
  •suspend (verb)
  • laid the table,
  • in activated,
  • lay the table,
  • dis-continued,
  • in-activating,
  • put shelf,
  • in-activate,
  • laid on the table,
  • putting on shelf,
  • dis continue,
  • lays on table,
  • dis-continue,
  • dis continued,
  • laying aside,
  • dis-continuing,
  • laying on table,
  • laying on the table,
  • in-activated,
  • dis-continues,
  • laid table,
  • laying table,
  • lay on table,
  • in activating,
  • putting the shelf,
  • lays table,
  • lays the table,
  • puts the shelf,
  • put on shelf,
  • putting shelf,
  • dis continuing,
  • putting on the shelf,
  • put the shelf,
  • in-activates,
  • pinkslip,
  • puts on the shelf,
  • lays on the table,
  • laid on table,
  • lay table,
  • dis continues,
  • puts shelf,
  • laying the table,
  • in activates,
  • puts on shelf,
  • in activate.

• Other synonyms:

  •bog down
  • slowed up,
  • slowed down,
  • slow up,
  • slow down,
  • hang up,
  • Sank.
  •decrease
  • slacken.
  •hinder
  • snafued,
  • hinders.
  •hold up
  • hold off,
  • held up.
  •impede
  • trammel.
  •procrastinate
  • be dilatory,
  • give the run around,
  • Hesitated,
  • play a waiting game,
  • let slide,
  • shillyshally,
  • give run around.
  •set back
  • embog.
  •slacken
  • Slackened,
  • slackens,
  • slackening.
  •slow
  • backwaters,
  • keep waiting,
  • Back-water,
  • retardates,
  • easing off,
  • winding down,
  • lose steam,
  • wind down,
  • Reefed,
  • hit the brakes,
  • eased up,
  • let down flaps,
  • Reefing,
  • reduce speed.
  •Other relevant words:
  • imbecile,
  • waive,
  • abort,
  • incomprehensible,
  • backwater,
  • counteract,
  • feel,
  • abate,
  • intercept,
  • subdue,
  • silly,
  • limit,
  • behind,
  • thwart,
  • bottle up,
  • ass,
  • checker,
  • overdue,
  • curtail,
  • discontinue,
  • crack,
  • touching,
  • obscure,
  • foreclose,
  • delimit,
  • rein,
  • murky,
  • clip the wings,
  • diminish,
  • govern,
  • covert,
  • violation,
  • goose,
  • quell,
  • check up on,
  • reserve,
  • prolong,
  • spike,
  • dimwit,
  • keep in,
  • pinhead,
  • discipline,
  • stunt,
  • forbid,
  • repress,
  • nitwit,
  • balking,
  • inconvenient,
  • Clodpoll,
  • retardation,
  • prohibit,
  • avert,
  • mitigate,
  • let,
  • backward,
  • mark,
  • interrupt,
  • be delayed,
  • assure,
  • retarded,
  • dam up,
  • interfere,
  • apply the brake,
  • dull,
  • find out,
  • dilatory,
  • fend off,
  • determine,
  • half-wit,
  • cretin,
  • barricade,
  • twerp,
  • impediment,
  • Intermeddle,
  • jerk,
  • ignoramus,
  • draw out,
  • guard,
  • halt,
  • constrain,
  • scotch,
  • stanch,
  • block,
  • train,
  • mysterious,
  • Arrestment,
  • discouragement,
  • hold at bay,
  • go over,
  • obstacle,
  • interdict,
  • condition,
  • blunt,
  • cool,
  • stem,
  • knuckle-head,
  • booby,
  • draw off,
  • dolt,
  • check over,
  • nincompoop,
  • agree,
  • hold,
  • stay,
  • jibe,
  • exclude,
  • relax,
  • simpleton,
  • countercheck,
  • dunce,
  • break,
  • backpedal,
  • lose ground,
  • Mooncalf,
  • Suss Out,
  • deter,
  • inhibition,
  • straiten,
  • bridle,
  • observe,
  • check out,
  • oaf,
  • sap,
  • confound,
  • restrict,
  • reef,
  • fall behind,
  • ban,
  • obstruction,
  • jay,
  • stretch out,
  • proscribe,
  • temporize,
  • pull,
  • Git,
  • moderate,
  • ease off,
  • cease,
  • slack off,
  • mark off,
  • Retardment,
  • conflict,
  • blockhead,
  • set,
  • control,
  • tick off,
  • loon,
  • debar,
  • restrain,
  • Dumb-bell,
  • nip,
  • let down,
  • frustrate,
  • resist,
  • adhere,
  • stifle,
  • ninny,
  • slack,
  • slowness,
  • draw rein,
  • Estop,
  • meddle,
  • match,
  • ensure,
  • belated,
  • sabotage,
  • learn,
  • touch,
  • Clodpate,
  • latency,
  • dally,
  • lateness,
  • enjoin,
  • baffling,
  • contain,
  • adjourn,
  • delayed,
  • snub,
  • indefinite,
  • sleep on it,
  • fool,
  • embargo,
  • stave off,
  • oppose,
  • damp,
  • taboo,
  • clodpole,
  • moron,
  • embarrass,
  • Ninny-hammer,
  • jackass,
  • retain,
  • dope,
  • stave,
  • put-off,
  • gloomy,
  • Forefend,
  • Chucklehead,
  • chill,
  • keep from,
  • slack up,
  • misty,
  • halfwit,
  • loosen up,
  • Delays,
  • check off,
  • end,
  • watch,
  • anticipate,
  • nit,
  • retrench,
  • pillock,
  • numbskull,
  • ascertain,
  • tide over,
  • numskull,
  • ease up,
  • hold fast,
  • obstructive,
  • subvert,
  • throttle,
  • pass inspection,
  • look into,
  • detention,
  • encumbrance,
  • postponement,
  • dampen,
  • inconvenience,
  • look,
  • easy,
  • opaque,
  • bonehead,
  • clandestine,
  • baulk,
  • chump,
  • avoid,
  • comprise,
  • ambiguous,
  • fit,
  • twirp,
  • spin out,
  • preclude,
  • trespass on,
  • endure,
  • allay,
  • keep in check,
  • unbend,
  • bar,
  • obviate,
  • prevention,
  • check into,
  • clod,
  • table,
  • shut out,
  • discourage,
  • stop,
  • boofhead,
  • gibe,
  • correspond,
  • idiot,
  • behindhand,
  • shorten,
  • goon,
  • Antevert,
  • keep off,
  • plain,
  • foil,
  • temper,
  • birdbrain,
  • shackle,
  • insure,
  • foggy,
  • staunch,
  • lose speed,
  • confine,
  • see,
  • inhibit,
  • unwind,
  • turn back,
  • see to it,
  • forestall,
  • store,
  • twit,
  • nameless,
  • tardy,
  • be late,
  • stymie,
  • intervene,
  • decompress,
  • deep,
  • chink.

Paraphrases for Retard:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    retarded.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    retardation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    retardation.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    moronic, dopey.
  • Interjection
    cowards.
  • Verb, base form
    Went, postpone, hinder, impede, hamper, decelerate, stall, inhibit, curb, defer, forestall.

Antonyms for Retard:

• v.

  • hinder, obstruct
    aid, grow, further, persevere, liberate, continue, advance, increase, unblock, promote, free, raise, maintain, expedite, forward, release, hurry, DO, assist, encourage, help, hasten, speed, strengthen, allow, push, let go, expand, rush.

Homophones for Retard:

• retread, roadworthy, retort, reiterate, retreated, retarded, root word, retired, raw throat, ride herd, retreat, root rot, redroot, rotor head.

Hypernym for Retard:

• v.

  • change
    stay, deaden, dampen, detain, delay.

Hyponym for Retard:

• v.

  • change
    slow down, change, alter, modify, decelerate.
  • stative
    be.