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| Main Entry: | retarded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited |
| Synonyms: | backward, defective, dim, dim-witted, dopey, dull, dumbbell, dummy, exceptional, half-witted, imbecile, moronic, opaque, pinhead, sappy, simple, slow, slow-witted, stupid, touched, weak, birdbrained, dumbo, dumdum, feeble-minded, gorked, held back, lamebrained, mentally defective, numbskull, retardo, simple-minded, subnormal, underachieving, yo-yo |
| Main Entry: | retard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, check, choke, clog, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, set back, shut down, slacken, stall, take down, bring to screeching halt, choke off, close off, hang up, retardate, shut off, slow down, slow up |
| Antonyms: | advance, help, push |
| Main Entry: | deferred |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | put off till a later time |
| Synonyms: | charged, delayed, held up, indebted, postponed, prolonged, retarded, adjourned, assessed, funded, in waiting, negotiated, on hold, on the shelf, pigeonholed, protracted, remanded, renegotiated, scrubbed, stalled, staved off, temporized |
| Antonyms: | advanced, forwarded, hurried, furthered, hastened |
| Main Entry: | feebleminded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally handicapped |
| Synonyms: | dim-witted, dumb, half-witted, moronic, retarded, simple, slow, stupid, unintelligent, weak-minded, dull-witted, imbecilic, soft in the head |
| Main Entry: | half-baked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid; not thought through |
| Synonyms: | backward, batty*, brainless, crazy, dumb, foolish, harebrained*, idiotic, ignorant, impractical, indiscreet, moronic, retarded, senseless, short-sighted, silly, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, unformed, witless, birdbrained, blockheaded, boneheaded, feeble-minded, ill-conceived, imbecilic, poorly planned |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, smart, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tardy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | late |
| Synonyms: | backward, belated, delayed, delinquent, dilatory, held up, hung up*, jammed, laggard, overdue, retarded, slack, slow, sluggish, behindhand, dawdling, detained, in a bind, loitering, not arrived, not done, procrastinating, strapped for time, too late, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | early, on time, prompt, punctual, ready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop or slow |
| Synonyms: | block, can, check, delay, drop, end, freeze, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interrupt, knock off, obstruct, prevent, restrain, restrict, retard, scrub*, shut down, stall, stay, suppress |
| Antonyms: | activate, encourage, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bog down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick; become stuck |
| Synonyms: | decelerate, delay, detain, halt, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, stall, hang up, slow down, slow up |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, restrain |
| Synonyms: | arrest, baffle, bar, bit, bottleneck*, bridle, checkmate, choke, circumvent, constrain, control, counteract, curb, cut short, delay, discourage, foil, frustrate, halt, harness, hold, hold back, impede, inhibit, interrupt, limit, moderate, neutralize, nip in the bud*, obstruct, obviate, pause, preclude, prevent, rebuff, reduce, repress, repulse, retard, snub, squelch, stay, stop, suppress, tame, terminate, thwart, withhold, hold down, hold in, keep back, play for time, rein in, slacken pace, slow down |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, expedite, help, indulge, liberate, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, gasp, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring, congest, garrote, gibbet, strangulate |
| Antonyms: | release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | curb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repress, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abstain, bit, bottle up*, bridle, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook*, deny, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, ice*, impede, inhibit, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, restrain, retard, scrub*, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold, box in, bring to screeching halt, cool down, cool off, entrammel, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, keep tight rein on, rein in, send up |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, foster, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back; block |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, brake, check, choke, clog, close, confine, hinder, impede, obstruct, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, slow, suppress, hold in, stop up |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release, let go, unblock, unclog, unloose |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | defer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold off, put off |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, block, delay, detain, extend, hinder, hold up, impede, lengthen, obstruct, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, protract, remit, retard, shelve, slow, stall, stay, suspend, table, waive, give rain check, hang fire, intermit, lay over, prorogue, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, set aside |
| Antonyms: | advance, expedite, forge, forward, hasten, hurry |
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause stop in action |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, bar, block, check, choke, clog, confine, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dilly-dally*, discourage, drag, encumber, filibuster, hamper, hold, impede, inhibit, interfere, keep, lag, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold, bide time, gain time, hold over, intermit, keep back, lay over, prorogue, remand |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, keep back; arrest |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bog down*, bust*, check, confine, constrain, decelerate, delay, hinder, hold up*, ice*, impede, inhibit, intern, jail, mire, nab*, pick up, pinch*, pull in*, put away*, reserve, restrain, retard, run in, set back, withhold, buttonhole*, hang up*, send up, slow down, slow up |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dwarf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | minimize |
| Synonyms: | belittle, check, dim, diminish, dominate, hinder, lower, overshadow, predominate, retard, stunt, suppress, detract from, look down upon, make small, micrify, minify, rise above, tower above, tower over |
| Antonyms: | maximize, oversize |
| Main Entry: | encumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, burden |
| Synonyms: | block, charge, clog, cramp, discommode, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, inconvenience, load, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overload, retard, saddle, tax, trammel, weigh down, weight, hang up, hog-tie, incommode, lade, make difficult, saddle with, slow down |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | hamper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | impede, restrict |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, bar, bind, block, check, clog, cramp, cramp one's style, cumber, curb, drag one's feet, embarrass, encumber, entangle, fetter, foil, frustrate, get in the way, hamstring*, handicap, hang up*, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold up*, inconvenience, inhibit, interfere with, leash, obstruct, prevent, restrain, retard, shackle, slow down, stymie, thwart, tie, tie one's hands, tie up, trammel |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, encourage, expedite, help, permit, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hinder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, slow down |
| Synonyms: | arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, hamper, hamstring*, handicap, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, offset, oppose, preclude, prohibit, resist, retard, shut out, snafu*, stay, stop, stymie*, terminate, thwart, trammel, box in, crab, get in the way, hog-tie, louse up |
| Antonyms: | advance, aid, allow, assist, encourage, facilitate, forward, further, help, permit, promote, push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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