Synonyms for retardation
Most common
delay retard impediment detention backwardness slowness slow-down deceleration
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Delay — the act of retarding or delaying; hindrance. The distance by which one wave is behind another
2. Mental retardation
backwardness, slowness, subnormality, mental retardation dated
4. Deceleration — deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity
Other
retardant, belatedness, tardity, moronization, retardedness vulgar
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance. The distance by which one wave is behind another.
- n. 2
Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
- n. 3
The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance. The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
- n. 4
The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance. A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
Related words
- Word family
- retard retardant retardative retarded retarder
- Phrases
- mental retardation
Forms
- Plural
- retardations → delays, retards, impediments, detentions…
Example sentences
- delay He's desperately trying to make up for the delay.
- retard The way you talk about her, she sounds like a half-retard.
- impediment Impatience is a definite impediment to success.
- slowness My daughter's slowness to take action is a pain.
- backwardness The backwardness of that country is well known.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| retardation | falling | |
| delay | steady | |
| retard | falling | |
| impediment | steady | |
| hinderance | falling | |
| slowness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lag1
- 5 letters
- delay2
- 6 letters
- retard2
- 7 letters
- slowing2, tardity
- 8 letters
- slowness2
- 9 letters
- detention3, hindrance2, retardant3
- 10 letters
- impediment4, hinderance
- 11 letters
- belatedness
- 12 letters
- deceleration5, backwardness3, subnormality, moronization, retardedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delay2 = 2 syllables).