Synonyms of the word

retarded

• adj. Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.
• adj. (psychology, now offensive, dated) Having mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.
• adj. (psychology, now offensive, dated) Specifically, having an IQ below 70.
• adj. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Stupid, dumb.
• adj. (physics) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite…
• v. simple past tense and past participle of retard.

backward

• adj. (of motion) Pertaining to the direction towards the back.
• adj. (of motion) Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.
• adj. Reluctant or unable to advance.
• adj. Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated.
• adj. Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated.
• adj. (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
• adj. (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
• adj. (obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
• adj. Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
• adj. Late or behindhand.
• adj. (obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
• adv. (of motion) In the direction towards the back; backwards.
• adv. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
• adv. By way of reflection; reflexively.
• adv. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
• n. The state behind or past.

cretinous

• adj. Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.

delayed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of delay.

dim-witted

• adj. Being a dimwit; stupid; foolish; simple.

feebleminded

• adj. Alternative spelling of feeble-minded.

half-witted

• adj. Having a low intelligence; dim-witted.

people

• n. Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two…
• n. (countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group,…
• n. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
• n. One's colleagues or employees.
• n. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
• n. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the…
• n. plural of person.
• v. (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
• v. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
• v. (transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

simple

• adj. Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
• adj. Without ornamentation; plain.
• adj. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
• adj. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
• adj. (now rare) Trivial; insignificant.
• adj. (now colloquial) Feeble-minded; foolish.
• adj. (heading, technical) Structurally uncomplicated.
• adj. (obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.
• n. (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
• n. (obsolete) A term for a physician, derived from the medicinal term above.
• n. (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
• n. (obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.
• n. (weaving) A drawloom.
• n. (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
• n. (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, i.e., medicinal herbs.

simple-minded

• adj. Lacking subtlety or sophistication.
• adj. Lacking mental capacity; feeble-minded.

stupid

• adj. Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
• adj. To the point of stupor.
• adj. (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
• adj. (archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
• adj. (slang) Amazing.
• adj. (slang) damn, annoying, darn.
• adv. (slang, dated) Extremely.
• n. A stupid person; a fool.
• n. (colloquial, uncountable) The state or condition of being stupid.

unintelligent

• adj. Not intelligent.