What is another word for retardation?
465 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹɪtɑːdˈe͡ɪʃən], [ ɹɪtɑːdˈeɪʃən], [ ɹ_ɪ_t_ɑː_d_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for retardation:- backwardness (noun)
- deceleration (noun)
- delay (noun)
- impediment (noun)
- imperviousness (noun)
- insusceptibility (noun)
- interference (noun)
- lag (noun)
- lateness (noun)
- loss (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- resistance (noun)
- retardation (noun)
- slowdown (noun)
- slowness (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Retardation:
n.
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- insanity.
- barricade,
- detriment,
- trammel,
- disadvantage,
- hurdle,
- restraint,
- cramp,
- drawback,
- prohibition,
- hazard,
- restriction,
- hitch,
- stumbling block,
- bottleneck,
- defect,
- stricture,
- curb,
- load,
- flaw,
- clog,
- encumbrance,
- fault,
- tie,
- barrier,
- manacle,
- shackle,
- blockage,
- snag,
- handicap,
- block,
- difficulty,
- chain,
- deterrent,
- burden,
- red tape,
- catch-22,
- bar.
- backseat driving,
- arrest,
- blocking,
- conflict,
- Checking,
- trespassing,
- intrusion,
- Clogging,
- tampering,
- barring,
- clashing,
- background,
- tackling,
- prying,
- intervention,
- choking,
- Hampering,
- opposition,
- barging in.
- lag.
- catastrophe,
- hurt,
- losings,
- losses,
- bad luck,
- forfeiture,
- mishap,
- disappearance,
- calamity,
- casualty,
- disaster,
- want,
- shrinkage,
- undoing,
- privation,
- Misplacing,
- impairment,
- debt,
- harm,
- deprivation,
- need,
- failure,
- ruin,
- misadventure,
- accident,
- deficiency,
- bereavement,
- cataclysm,
- trouble,
- injury,
- damage,
- fall,
- squandering,
- destruction,
- misplacement,
- sacrifice,
- dispossession,
- death,
- destitution,
- defeat,
- wreckage,
- debit,
- fatality,
- losing,
- waste,
- perdition,
- depletion,
- cost,
- trial,
- Mislaying.
- dead weight,
- inhibition,
- logjams,
- prohibitions,
- procrastination,
- procrastinations,
- Intermeddling,
- lateness,
- checkings,
- interference,
- loss,
- hangup,
- retardation,
- logjam,
- showstopper,
- road block,
- cooling-off period,
- prorogation,
- slowdown,
- Retardment,
- cunctation,
- backwardness,
- delay,
- millstone,
- meddlesomeness,
- hold-ups,
- demurral,
- interposition,
- hold-up,
- impediment,
- surcease,
- chokings.
- counteraction,
- safeguard,
- protecting,
- striking back,
- defiance,
- fight,
- friction,
- rebuff,
- shield,
- stand,
- cover,
- Parrying,
- intransigence,
- contention,
- battle,
- imperviousness,
- screen,
- impedances,
- combat,
- watch,
- Withstanding,
- struggle,
- refusal,
- support.
- drop,
- stagnation,
- downturn,
- freeze,
- slack,
- strike,
- inactivity,
- decelerations,
- falloff,
- drop-off,
- decline,
- slow-up,
- downtrend.
Other synonyms:
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- Detainment.
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- imbecility,
- paralysis,
- idiocy,
- wall,
- discouragement,
- holdup.
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- obstruction,
- sabotage,
- stoppage.
- controlling,
- deter,
- discontinuation,
- dishearten,
- derelict,
- deliberateness,
- interdiction,
- simpleness,
- contrary,
- awkward,
- cumber,
- claudication,
- negativism,
- Obstructing,
- coarctation,
- Avoiding,
- problem,
- Deferring,
- stop,
- setback,
- retardant,
- foiling,
- hold up,
- interfere,
- Retarding,
- deferral,
- obstructive,
- late,
- counteract,
- forbiddance,
- dragging,
- hindering,
- thought control,
- doldrums,
- anticipation,
- delinquent,
- cessation,
- suppression,
- slowing,
- holdover,
- slow up,
- mongolianism,
- reprieve,
- Intercepting,
- prohibit,
- protection,
- subnormality,
- Mitigating,
- interception,
- postponement,
- dam up,
- perturb,
- simplemindedness,
- protective tariff,
- halting,
- closure,
- Interdicting,
- embarrass,
- downshift,
- meddlesome,
- bureaucratic delay,
- high time,
- keep from,
- fixation,
- unhurriedness,
- embarrassment,
- curtailment,
- respite,
- deliberation,
- due,
- remiss,
- occlusion,
- cumbersome,
- stay of execution,
- resist,
- tie up,
- obstructionism,
- Oppilation,
- confuse,
- slackening,
- holding,
- overdue,
- stalemate,
- mongoloid,
- inhibiting,
- neglectful,
- let,
- adjournment,
- awkwardness,
- cooling down,
- Interclusion,
- mitigation,
- red-tapeism,
- moronity,
- agitate,
- enjoining,
- simplicity,
- suspension,
- interdict,
- prevent,
- halt,
- restrain,
- outstanding,
- red-tapery,
- prohibitive,
- baffle,
- restraint of trade,
- constriction,
- leeway,
- remission,
- banning,
- stupidity,
- self-control,
- thwarting,
- rationing,
- interval,
- injunction,
- Preventing,
- lagging,
- inconvenient,
- half-wittedness,
- aborting,
- downtime,
- filibuster,
- mongolism,
- debarment,
- Renitence,
- flagging,
- preclusion,
- hold back,
- ease up,
- frustrating,
- Renitency,
- Impedition,
- delayed,
- hang-up,
- check,
- cretinism,
- retard,
- preclude,
- cooling,
- curbing,
- baulking,
- Hinderance,
- moratorium,
- Holdback,
- unaccommodating,
- forbidding,
- retardent,
- dawdling,
- blockade,
- Tabooing,
- oppose,
- amentia,
- staving off,
- squeeze,
- forbid,
- clumsiness,
- Delaying,
- slowup,
- Tarrying,
- uncooperative,
- monopoly,
- ineptitude,
- afterthought,
- detention,
- Restraining,
- disturb,
- embolus,
- obstruct,
- mental defectiveness,
- demurrage,
- nuisance value,
- abortion,
- maladroitness,
- obviation,
- balking,
- distract,
- retrenchment,
- arrested development,
- Delation,
- meantime,
- ban,
- Debarring,
- stall,
- letup,
- fending off,
- time lag,
- embolism,
- control,
- closing up,
- prevention,
- impedance,
- warding off,
- wait,
- infarct,
- stopping,
- detain,
- drag,
- forestalling,
- taboo,
- ease off,
- impede,
- proscription,
- foot-dragging,
- letdown,
- avoidance,
- Arrestation,
- pause,
- ineptness,
- arresting,
- interrupt,
- inhibit,
- Prohibiting,
- blithering idiocy,
- Idiotism,
- protectionism,
- stay,
- infantilism,
- frustrate,
- Arrestment,
- Proscribing,
- balk,
- repression,
- cooling off,
- impeding,
- baulk,
- baffling,
- rein,
- trespass on,
- tardy,
- slack up,
- meanwhile,
- constraint,
- federal case,
- Oppilative,
- stranglehold,
- belated,
- holding pattern,
- troublesome,
- swiftness,
- discourage,
- interim,
- latency.
Paraphrases for Retardation:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
backwardness, under-development.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
retard.
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Noun, singular or mass
retard.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
deceleration, lag, lags, slowdown, behind, downturn, disadvantage, postponement, infirmity.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
Antonyms for Retardation:
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Other antonyms:
quickening, hastening.
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Homophones for Retardation:
Hyponym for Retardation:
n.
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time
hold, delay, wait, postponement, time lag.
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time