RETARDED

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

People collectively who are mentally retarded

Example:

he started a school for the retarded

Synonyms:

developmentally challenged; mentally retarded; retarded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("retarded" is a kind of...):

people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)

Meaning:

Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development

Example:

providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

backward; feebleminded; half-witted; slow-witted (retarded in intellectual development)

idiotic; imbecile; imbecilic (having a mental age of three to seven years)

moronic (having a mental age of between eight and twelve years)

cretinous (afflicted with cretinism)

delayed (not as far along as normal in development)

dim-witted; simple; simple-minded (lacking mental capacity and subtlety)

Also:

stupid; unintelligent (lacking intelligence)

Antonym:

precocious (characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude))

Past simple / past participle of the verb retard