Retire synonyms and antonyms

rĭ-tīr'

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rest
(Intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
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step down
To cease active life
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secede
To withdraw formally from membership in, or association with, a group, organization, etc., esp. a political group
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leave
(Archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
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give up work
To cease active life
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leave active service
To cease active life
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be put on the shelf
To cease active life
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retreat
To move back from a position of advancement or become smaller:
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make vacant
To cease active life
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revoke
To invalidate or cause to no longer be in effect, as by voiding or canceling:
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resign (related)
To resign is to give up power, to voluntarily quit a job or come to terms with something as unavoidable.
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withdraw (related)
To cause to leave or return:
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depart
(Now rare) To go away from; to leave.
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pension
To force someone to retire on a pension.
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recede
To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
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quit
To stop or discontinue doing something
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go-to-sleep
To fall asleep
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pull back
(Sports) To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.
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keep apart
To draw away
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be put out to pasture
To cease active life
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go-to-bed
To lie down to sleep, to put oneself in one's bed
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join (antonym)
To participate or take part with
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accompany (antonym)
To exist or occur at the same time as:
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take part in (antonym)
To draw away
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lie (related)
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
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sleep (related)
Sleep is defined as to slumber, rest or be in a state of inactivity like sleep.
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exit
To leave (a building, road, vehicle, etc.)
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hit-the-sack
(Idiomatic) To go to bed.
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quite
To a degree; rather:
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retrocede
To go back; recede.
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vacate
To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
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enter (antonym)
Enter is defined as to come in, put in or get in.
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begin (antonym)
(Intransitive) To commence existence.
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get away
To slip from one's control.
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get off
(Intransitive) To complete a shift or a day's work.
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go
(Informal) To urinate or defecate:
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go away
To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.
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pull out
(Literally) To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control.
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run
To move or go quickly or hurriedly:
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cut out
To remove, omit.
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push off
(Intransitive, basketball) A foul committed by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.
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shove off
(Idiomatic) To leave
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blow
To blow is to expel air in a more forceful manner or air movement.
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split
To affect with force in a way that suggests tearing apart:
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take off
(Intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.
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bed
To go to bed; rest; sleep
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crash
(Slang) To find temporary lodging or shelter, as for the night.
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flop
To fall or lie down heavily and noisily:
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superannuate
To retire or put out of use due to age
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take-leave
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call-it-a-night
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hit the hay (or sack)
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call-it-quits
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hang up one's spurs
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turn in one's badge
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put-out-to-pasture
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beat-a-retreat
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give ground (or way)
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approach (related)
To come closer or draw nearer
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awareness (related)
To go to bed
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continue (related)
To carry on; persist in:
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keep (related)
To remain in a state or condition; stay:
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forward (related)
Forward is defined as toward the front, or toward something in advance.
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crawl in
prepare for sleep
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kip down
prepare for sleep
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hit-the-hay
(Idiomatic) To go to bed.
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sack-out
(Idiomatic) To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.
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strike out
To draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document. The text so deleted may be completely obscured, or it may be deliberately left legible with the line through it so that readers can see that it was deliberately deleted.
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put out
To injure a part of the body, especially a joint.
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pull-away
(Idiomatic) To move ahead.
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move back
pull back or move away or backward
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adjourn
The definition of adjourn means to end something either temporarily or permanently or to postpone it to another time or place.
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get up (antonym)
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turn out (antonym)
(Idiomatic) To extinguish a light or other device
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stand-down (related)
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rejoin (related)
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re-join (related)
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passed-away (related)
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die (related)
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taking over (related)
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emigrate (related)
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oust (related)
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turn in
(Idiomatic) to submit something; to give
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separate
To place in different groups; sort:
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keep aloof
To draw away
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hand over
(Idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
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fall back
To retreat.
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part
To go away; leave; depart
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regress
To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state:
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seclude oneself
To draw away
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shut oneself up
To draw away
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deny-oneself
To decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practise self-denial.
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rusticate
To go to or live in the country.
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lie-down
(Intransitive) to be lazy or remiss
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reach retirement age
To cease active life
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be pensioned off
To cease active life
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lead a quiet life
To cease active life
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sequester oneself
To cease active life
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get the golden handshake
To cease active life
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rescind
To make void; repeal or annul.
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scrap
To discard or abandon as useless; cancel:
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eliminate (related)
To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
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  • 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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