retard

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a person of subnormal intelligence
• Syn:
idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit
• Derivationally related forms:
cretinous (for: cretin), idiotic (for: idiot), imbecilic (for: imbecile), moronic (for: moron)
• Hypernyms:
simpleton, simple
• Hyponyms:
mongoloid

II - verb

1. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate (Freq. 1)
- This drug will retard your heart rate
• Derivationally related forms:
retardation
• Hypernyms:
decelerate, slow down
• Hyponyms:
deaden
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
2. be delayed
• Derivationally related forms:
retardation
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. lose velocity;
move more slowly
- The car decelerated
• Syn:
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up
• Ant:
accelerate (for: decelerate)
• Derivationally related forms:
retardation, slowdown (for: slow down), slowing (for: slow), deceleration (for: decelerate)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Hyponyms:
slow, slow down, slow up, delay, detain, hold up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. slow the growth or development of
- The brain damage will retard the child's language development
• Syn:
check, delay
• Derivationally related forms:
delay (for: delay), retardation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
dampen, stay, detain, delay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, check, delay
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken