Retard vs Tardy - What's the difference?
retard | tardy |
Retardation; delay.
(slang, offensive) A person with mental retardation.
(slang, offensive) A stupid person, or one who is slow to learn.
To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder
To put off; to postpone.
(obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
To decelerate; to slow down.
(obsolete) To stay back.
Late; overdue or delayed.
ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dullard.
Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
* Sandys
* Prior
(obsolete) Unwary; unready.
(obsolete) Criminal; guilty.
(US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
(obsolete) To make tardy.
As nouns the difference between retard and tardy
is that retard is retardation; delay while tardy is a piece of paper given to students who are late to class.As verbs the difference between retard and tardy
is that retard is to keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder while tardy is to make tardy.As an adjective tardy is
late; overdue or delayed.retard
English
(wikipedia retard)Noun
(en noun)- Do all retards have a low I.Q.?
Synonyms
* (retardation) delay, hold-up, retardation * (person with mental retardation) idiot, tard (offensive), imbecile (disused medical term), mental deficient (legal term), moron (disused medical term), person with learning difficulties * (stupid person) See alsoVerb
(en verb)- retard the march of an army
- retard the motion of a ship
- to retard the attacks of old age
- to retard a rupture between nations
- (Sir Thomas Browne)
Synonyms
* decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down * (postpone) postpone, put off * (stay back) hang back, stay backAntonyms
* accelerate, speed, speed up * (postpone) * (stay back) come forwardDerived terms
* retardedReferences
*IQ Basics, including formerly used medical terms for people with very low IQs
Anagrams
* English heteronyms ----tardy
English
Adjective
(er)- He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.
- His tardy performance bordered on incompetence.
- Check the tardy flight of time.
- tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave
- (Hudibras)
- (Collier)
Synonyms
* (l), (l)Usage notes
* The term suggests habitual lateness. * Somewhat dated in the United Kingdom.Noun
(tardies)- The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell.
See also
* tardy slipVerb
- (Shakespeare)