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| Main Entry: |
retardation
[ree-tahr-dey-shuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind*, check, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, detainment, detention, discontinuation, downtime, filibuster, hangup, hindrance, hold-up, holding, holding pattern, holdup, impediment, interval, jam*, lag, lingering, logjam, loitering, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, remission, reprieve, retardment, setback, showstopper, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impediment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, bottleneck, burden, catch*, chain, check, clog, cramp, curb, dead weight, defect, delay, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, encumbrance, fault, flaw, handicap, hazard, hitch, holdup, hurdle, inhibition, load, manacle, millstone, obstacle, prohibition, red tape, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, road block, rub*, setback, shackle, snag, stoppage, stricture, stumbling block, tie, trammel, wall |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, facilitation, furtherance, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meddling, impedance |
| Synonyms: | arrest, background, backseat driving, barging in, barring, blocking, checking, choking, clashing, clogging, conflict, hampering, hindrance, intermeddling, interposition, intervention, intrusion, meddlesomeness, obstruction, opposition, prying, resistance, retardation, tackling, tampering, trespassing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | loss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost |
| Synonyms: | accident, bad luck, bereavement, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cost, damage, death, debit, debt, defeat, deficiency, depletion, deprivation, destitution, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, disappearance, disaster, dispossession, failure, fall, fatality, forfeiture, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, losing, misadventure, mishap, mislaying, misplacing, need, perdition, privation, retardation, ruin, sacrifice, shrinkage, squandering, trial, trouble, undoing, want, waste, wreckage |
| Antonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, success, win |
| Main Entry: | resistance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighting, opposition |
| Synonyms: | battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, impedance, impediment, impeding, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, warding off, watch, withstanding |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conforming, cooperation, submission |
| Main Entry: | slowdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacking off; gradual decrease |
| Synonyms: | arrest, deceleration, decline, delay, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, freeze, inactivity, retardation, slack, slackening, slow-up, stagnation, stoppage, strike |
| Antonyms: | breakthrough, increase, rise, speed-up |
| Main Entry: | lateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belatedness |
| Synonyms: | backwardness, delay, prolongation, protraction, retardation, slowness, tardiness |
| Antonyms: | anticipation, earliness, promptness |
| Main Entry: | backwardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | underdevelopment |
| Synonyms: | abnormality, idiocy, mental deficiency, mental retardation, retardation, slowness |
| Main Entry: | imperviousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance |
| Synonyms: | battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, immunity, impedance, impediment, impeding, insusceptibility, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, unsusceptibility, warding off, watch, withstanding |
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