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retard

How many syllables in retard?

  2 syllables

Divide retard into syllables:   re-tard
Stressed syllable in retard:   re-tard
How to say retard:

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Synonyms for retard


1 syllable
  • check
    2 syllables
    • delay
    • hold back
    • impede
    • slow down
    • hinder
    • hold up
    • setback
    • slowdown
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    What rhymes with retard

    1 syllable
    • bard
    • card
    • charred
    • garde
    • hard
    • marred
    • scarred
    • sparred
    • tarred
    • barred
    • chard
    • Gard
    • guard
    • lard
    • nard
    • shard
    • starred
    • yard
    2 syllables
    • Asgard
    • barnard
    • belgard
    • billard
    • blowhard
    • bombard
    • boneyard
    • brickyard
    • canard
    • churchyard
    • coulthard
    • dance card
    • die-hard
    • disbarred
    • dockyard
    • face card
    • fireguard
    • foulard
    • gabbard
    • Girard
    • gossard
    • green card
    • jacquard
    • junkyard
    • main yard
    • mass card
    • milliard
    • Oxnard
    • parded
    • Picard
    • postcard
    • punch card
    • regard
    • ricard
    • safeguard
    • shipyard
    • sound card
    • steelyard
    • switchyard
    • tanyard
    • time card
    • unguard
    • vizard
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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