'Retarded' definitions:
Definition of 'retarded'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" [ant: precocious]
noun
People collectively who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the retarded" [syn: mentally retarded, retarded, developmentally challenged]
Definition of 'Retarded'
From: GCIDE
- Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retarding.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See Tardy.]
- 1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Retarded'
From: GCIDE
- Retarded \Re*tard"ed\, n. having a limited or below normal mental ability; same as
- mentally retarded; -- used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'retarded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrested,
- babbling,
- back,
- backward,
- behind,
- behindhand,
- belated,
- blithering,
- blocked,
- bridled,
- burbling,
- checked,
- constrained,
- controlled,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crazy,
- cretinistic,
- cretinous,
- curbed,
- delayed,
- delayed-action,
- detained,
- dithering,
- driveling,
- drooling,
- guarded,
- half-baked,
- half-witted,
- held up,
- hung up,
- idiotic,
- imbecile,
- imbecilic,
- impeded,
- in a bind,
- in abeyance,
- in check,
- in leading strings,
- in remission,
- inhibited,
- jammed,
- late,
- latish,
- maundering,
- mentally defective,
- mentally deficient,
- mentally handicapped,
- mentally retarded,
- mongoloid,
- moratory,
- moronic,
- never on time,
- not all there,
- obstructed,
- on leash,
- overdue,
- pent-up,
- restrained,
- set back,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- simpletonian,
- slobbering,
- slow,
- slowed down,
- stopped,
- subnormal,
- tardy,
- under control,
- under discipline,
- under restraint,
- unpunctual,
- unready,
- untimely