to retard

Examples

• All

• The role of public funding has been crucial in facilitating or retarding the growth of private institutions.

  Academic text (1992)

• Perhaps there is a way to prevent or retard this process from beginning in the first place.

  Academic text (2008)

• You may enhance it, you may retard its destruction, you may retard its loss or limit its loss.

• And that essentially is a feedback process that acts to retard the population growth.

• Your lack of educational background is gonna forever retard your movement up the UMart ladder.

  Larry Crowne (2011)

• Organic carbon contained in compost helps to retard chemical migration in soil.

  Academic text (1997)

• Some fear that it will retard the economy's long-term growth prospects.

  Academic text (1996)

• Indeed, illegitimacy has played a role in retarding improved prenatal care.

  Academic text (1991)

• The lack of participation constricts discussion and retards the decision-making process.

  Academic text (2003)

• Boiling the water removes chlorine and retards deadly mold growth.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

S

to slow

vsto retard

957 1.0

Make something move or happen at a lower speed

is broader and means reduce the rate of development or progress

S

to slow down

vsto retard

687 1.4

To move or act more slowly

often means to reduce the rate of development or progress

D

to delay

vsto retard

562 1.4

To make something happen later than planned

focuses on reducing the rate of progress rather than only postponing timing

C

to check

vsto retard

104 3.7

Stop something from growing or spreading

usually refers to limiting rate rather than completely stopping it

H

to hinder

vsto retard

75 3.6

To make it difficult for people or things to do something

often acts by lowering the rate of development rather than only causing difficulty

I

to impede

vsto retard

35 6.5

To slow the progress or movement of people and things

usually means to reduce pace rather than fully block advancement

S

to stymy

vsto retard

20 8.7

To stop someone from making progress toward a goal

tends to mean cause a general reduction in development speed

D

to decelerate

vsto retard

10 5.5

To slow down

is more general, applying to reducing the rate of development or other processes

S

to slow up

vsto retard

8 2.7

Move or make something move less quickly

emphasizes making progress take longer rather than stopping it

S

to stymie

vsto retard

5 8.0

To stop or slow progress

is often used when causing reduced progress rather than total prevention

H

to handicap

vsto retard

2 4.9

To make it harder for someone to do something because of injury or illness

often implies lowering the speed of progress rather than lasting inability

B

to bottleneck

vsto retard

2 6.0

To become narrow and slow progress

is more general, referring to reducing rate across a process

Antonyms

A

to accelerate

• Specialized

331 3.7

To move faster or make something happen faster

H

to hasten

12 4.6

Make something happen sooner

How Delayed

to halt

206 2.4

to impede

35 6.5

to hamper

47 4.2

to retard

26 8.4

to delay

562 1.4

to slow

957 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology