Definitions For Retardation

noun

  • The act of slowing down or falling behind
  • A decrease in rate of change
  • Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
  • Any agent that retards or delays or hinders
  • The extent to which something is delayed or held back

Is Retardations a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
14

The word Retardation is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Retardation in a Sentence

  • The child suffered severe mental retardation.
  • The chemical induced a retardation of cell growth.

Synonyms for Retardation

Antonyms for Retardations

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