The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STEM , but the solution may also be ENCUMBER which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in CrossSynergy).
Retard crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STEM | 18 % | 4 |
| ENCUMBER | 18 % | 8 |
| HINDER | 9 % | 6 |
| DECELERATE | 9 % | 10 |
| STUNT | 9 % | 5 |
| SLOW | 9 % | 4 |
| IMPEDE | 9 % | 6 |
| DETAIN | 9 % | 6 |
| BRAKE | 9 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Retard
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- slow
- slow up
- slow down
- decelerate
- half-wit
- imbecile
- idiot
- moron
- changeling
- cretin
- check
- slowdown
Crossword Answer definitions
STEM noun- The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- A branch of a family.
- An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
- The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
- A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
- A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
- The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
- A person's leg.
- The penis.
- A vertical stroke of a letter.
- A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
- A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
- The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
- A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
- A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
- A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
- (chiefly British) A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
- To remove the stem from.
- To be caused or derived; to originate.
- To descend in a family line.
- To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
- To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
- To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
- To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
- To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
- A gleam of light; a flame.
- Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
- An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STEM
- Derive from
- Bud supporter
- Flower holder
- Pipe part
- Stern's other end?
- Watch part
- Wine glass feature
- Wine glass part
- Bloom supporter
- Check
More clues leading to the result ENCUMBER
More clues leading to the result HINDER
- Get in the way of
- Thwart
- Slow down
- Obstruct
- Encumber
- Try to prevent, as an investigation
- Impede
- Block
- Be an obstacle to
- Stymie
More clues leading to the result DECELERATE
More clues leading to the result STUNT
- Like the TV wedding, perhaps
- Prank
- Doubles' job
- Double's job
- "Jackass" activity
- Headline grabber
- Publicity ___
- Beat the Clock poser
- Publicity ploy
- "Beat the Clock" challenge
More clues leading to the result SLOW
- Street sign
- Highway warning
- Like molasses
- Snail-like
- __-pitch softball
- Not so fast
- Musically retarded
- Be cautious rounding a corner
- Not busy
- A bit thick
More clues leading to the result IMPEDE
- Slow down
- Get in the way
- Slow the progress of
- Delay
- Hinder
- Obstruct
- Block
- Get in the way of
- Hold back
- Interfere with
More clues leading to the result DETAIN
- Hold back
- Hold up
- Keep in custody
- Hold in custody
- Keep from leaving
- Hold for questioning, perhaps
- Hold
- Check.
- Make late.
- Hold back.