retardant n 1: any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame- retardant" [syn: {retardant}, {retardent}, {retardation}]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "retardant": complaining, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, fractious, noncooperative, objecting, obstructive, on the barricades, proof against, protesting, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting, resistive, retardative, uncooperative, unsubmissive, unyielding, up in arms, withstanding