retardation

Meanings

Noun

• a decrease in rate of change
• the extent to which something is delayed or held back
• any agent that retards or delays or hinders
• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
• the act of slowing down or falling behind

Synonyms

backwardness, deceleration, lag, mental retardation, retardant, retardent, slowdown, slowing, slowness, subnormality

Antonyms

acceleration