Retire Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-tīr
To go to bed
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. turn in
  2. bed
  3. lie-down
  4. go-to-bed
  5. crash
  6. rest
  7. crawl in
  8. flop
  9. kip down
  10. hit-the-hay
  11. hit-the-sack
  12. sack-out
  13. go-to-sleep
Antonyms:
  1. get up
  2. turn out
To cease active life
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. resign
  2. step down
  3. withdraw
  4. give up work
  5. leave active service
  6. make vacant
  7. hand over
  8. reach retirement age
  9. be pensioned off
  10. lead a quiet life
  11. sequester oneself
  12. get the golden handshake
  13. be put on the shelf
  14. be put out to pasture
Antonyms:
  1. enter
  2. join
  3. begin

Words Related to Retire

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Retire Sentence Examples

  • If I had a buck for every flat I fixed, I could retire...no pun intended.

  • All to retire! he shouted from a distance.

  • Half of the senators retire every four years.

  • They would have had to retire of their own accord, for they had no water for men or horses.

  • On the 29th of June the near approach of the Prussians (who had orders to seize him, dead or alive), caused him to retire westwards towards Rochefort, whence he hoped to reach the United States.

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