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hinder
To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop
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  1. To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop
  2. To obstruct or delay the progress of:
  3. To delay action; be a hindrance
delay
To put off to a future time; postpone
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  1. To put off to a future time; postpone
  2. To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
  3. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
impede
To bar or hinder the progress of; obstruct or delay
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  1. To bar or hinder the progress of; obstruct or delay
delay
To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
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  1. To act or move slowly; put off an action or a decision.
  2. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
  3. To put off to a future time; postpone
detain
To keep from proceeding; delay or retard:
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  1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard:
  2. (Archaic) To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example).
  3. Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
lag
(Billiards) To strike the cue ball so that it rebounds from the far rail to stop as close as possible to the near rail or the string line: done to decide the order of play
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  1. (Billiards) To strike the cue ball so that it rebounds from the far rail to stop as close as possible to the near rail or the string line: done to decide the order of play
  2. (Games) To determine the order of play by hitting or shooting a ball toward a mark, as in marbles or billiards, with the player whose ball stops closest to the mark going first.
  3. To move or develop more slowly than expected, desired, etc.; be retarded in motion, development, etc.
set back
To remove from or allow distance.
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  1. To remove from or allow distance.
  2. To delay or obstruct.
  3. (Idiomatic) To cost money, as.
slow
To become slow or slower.
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  1. To become slow or slower.
  2. To retard; delay
  3. In a slow manner or at a slow speed; slowly
stall
To lose forward flying speed, causing a stall. Used of an aircraft.
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  1. To lose forward flying speed, causing a stall. Used of an aircraft.
  2. To cause (a motor or motor vehicle) accidentally to stop running.
  3. (Intransitive) To employ delaying tactics
Find another word for retard. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for retard, like: hinder, delay, impede, slow-down, delay, hinder, delay, detain, hang-up, hold up and lag.

Sentence Examples

  • But these events did not retard its progress.

  • If the plate be introduced upon the other side, so as to retard the procession originally in arrear, there is no overlapping, whatever may be the amount of retardation.

  • Moreover, since the mould acts as a covering to retard the loss of heat, it should not be removed from the ingot until just before the latter is to be placed in its soaking furnace.

  • A severe cold of a few days' duration in March may very much retard the opening of the former ponds, while the temperature of Walden increases almost uninterruptedly.

  • Weaving is taught in the girls' school, and fairs are held for the sale of farm produce; but the absence of a railway and the badness of the roads retard commerce.

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