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RETARDED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
Example:
providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded
Classified under:
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))
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb retard
