retard
verb
• delay or hold back in terms of progress or development.
• "our progress was retarded by unforeseen difficulties"
Similar:
delay,
slow down,
slow up,
hold back,
set back,
keep back,
hold up,
postpone,
put back,
detain,
decelerate,
put a brake on,
hinder,
hamper,
obstruct,
inhibit,
impede,
handicap,
hamstring,
curb,
check,
restrain,
restrict,
arrest,
interfere with,
interrupt,
encumber,
clog,
stay,
trammel,
cumber,
retard
noun
• a person who has a mental disability (often used as a general term of abuse).
Origin:
late 15th century: from French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- ‘back’ + tardus ‘slow’.
in retard
• behind in terms of development or progress.
• "I was in retard of them in real knowledge"
