Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to retard
Participle: retarded
Gerund: retarding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | retard |
| you | retard |
| he;she;it | retards |
| we | retard |
| you | retard |
| they | retard |
Perfect
| I | have retarded |
| you | have retarded |
| he;she;it | has retarded |
| we | have retarded |
| you | have retarded |
| they | have retarded |
Past
| I | retarded |
| you | retarded |
| he;she;it | retarded |
| we | retarded |
| you | retarded |
| they | retarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had retarded |
| you | had retarded |
| he;she;it | had retarded |
| we | had retarded |
| you | had retarded |
| they | had retarded |
Future
| I | will retard |
| you | will retard |
| he;she;it | will retard |
| we | will retard |
| you | will retard |
| they | will retard |
Future Perfect
| I | will have retarded |
| you | will have retarded |
| he;she;it | will have retarded |
| we | will have retarded |
| you | will have retarded |
| they | will have retarded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | retard |
| you | retard |
| he;she;it | retard |
| we | retard |
| you | retard |
| they | retard |
Perfect
| I | have retarded |
| you | have retarded |
| he;she;it | have retarded |
| we | have retarded |
| you | have retarded |
| they | have retarded |
Imperfect
| I | retarded |
| you | retarded |
| he;she;it | retarded |
| we | retarded |
| you | retarded |
| they | retarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had retarded |
| you | had retarded |
| he;she;it | had retarded |
| we | had retarded |
| you | had retarded |
| they | had retarded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would retard |
| you | would retard |
| he;she;it | would retard |
| we | would retard |
| you | would retard |
| they | would retard |
Perfect
| I | would have retarded |
| you | would have retarded |
| he;she;it | would have retarded |
| we | would have retarded |
| you | would have retarded |
| they | would have retarded |
Imperative
| you | retard |
| we | Let's retard |
| you | retard |
Verbs conjugated like 'retard'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'retard'
petard,
regard,
retar,
reward,
beard,
beward,
decard,
re-add,
read,
readd,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to stay or remain in a place or situation
- abide, eld, linger, stay, tarry, wait
- to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle
- behedge, forestay, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, incommode, obstruct, overslaugh, prevene, prevent, restrict, slow down, stay, thwart, thwarten, umbeset, undermine
- keep delaying; continue to hinder
- hinder
- postpone
- procrastinate
- stay back
- tarry
- to delay taking action; to wait until later
- avert, forestall, forestay, forslow, protract, suspend, procrastinate
- delay
- slow, obstruct, impede, hinder, hesitate, decelerate, falter, clog
Antonyms
- delay
- hasten, speed, expedite, dispatch
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardō (“to retard”, from re- + tardus (“slow”)). See: Anglo-Norman '
retarder', Latin '
retardō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] an impression seemed to reign among the servants generally that Missis would not be particularly disobliged by delay; and it was wonderful what a number of counter accidents occurred constantly, to retard the course of things. One luckless wight contrived to upset the gravy; and then gravy had to be got up _de novo_, with due care and formality, Aunt Chloe watching and stirring with dogged precision, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] this Liberia may have subserved all sorts of purposes, by being played off, in the hands of our oppressors, against us. Doubtless the scheme may have been used, in unjustifiable ways, as a means of retarding our emancipation. But the question to me is, Is there not a God above all man's schemes ? May He not have over-ruled their designs, and founded for us a nation by them ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)