{mentally retarded}; -- used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
mentally retarded — noun people collectively who are mentally retarded (Freq. 1) he started a school for the retarded • Syn: ↑retarded, ↑developmentally challenged • Hypernyms: ↑people … Useful english dictionary
mentally retarded — Synonyms and related words: arrested, babbling, backward, blithering, burbling, crackbrained, cracked, crazy, cretinistic, cretinous, dithering, driveling, drooling, half baked, half witted, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, maundering, mentally… … Moby Thesaurus
mentally retarded — adjective having a mind which has not developed beyond that of a child Syn: retarded … Wiktionary
mentally retarded — adjective see mental retardation … New Collegiate Dictionary
mentally retarded — suffering from a congenital lowness of intelligence … English contemporary dictionary
Retarded — Re*tard ed, n. having a limited or below normal mental ability; same as {mentally retarded}; used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mentally deficient — mentally retarded, having decreased mental capacity … English contemporary dictionary
retarded — Synonyms and related words: arrested, babbling, back, backward, behind, behindhand, belated, blithering, blocked, bridled, burbling, checked, constrained, controlled, crackbrained, cracked, crazy, cretinistic, cretinous, curbed, delayed, delayed… … Moby Thesaurus
retarded — adjective /ɹɪˈtɑːdɪd/ a) Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded. HGH, which was originally developed to assist children with retarded growth, is believed to be especially popular with sprinters. b) Having mental retardation,… … Wiktionary
retarded — adj. (old fashioned, offensive) VERBS ▪ be, look ADVERB ▪ severely ▪ Many of the children are severely retarded. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
