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Retired synonyms

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resigned
Feeling or marked by resignation; acquiescent:
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  1. Feeling or marked by resignation; acquiescent:
  2. Characterized by resignation or acceptance.
emeritus
Retired from active service, usually for age, but retaining one's rank or title
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  1. Retired from active service, usually for age, but retaining one's rank or title
  2. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement:
emerita
Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement. Used of a woman:
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  1. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement. Used of a woman:
superannuated
Obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated
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  1. Obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated
  2. Too old or worn for further work, service, etc.
  3. Retired or ineffective because of advanced age:
removed
Separated in time, space, or degree.
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  1. Separated in time, space, or degree.
  2. Of a different generation, older or younger
  3. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent:
withdrawn
Introvert.
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  1. Introvert.
  2. Emotionally unresponsive or socially detached; introverted or aloof.
  3. Withdrawing within oneself; shy, reserved, introverted, etc.
secluded
Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
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  1. Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
  2. Hidden, isolated, remote.
  3. Shut off or kept apart from others; isolated; withdrawn
sequestered
Something that has already been separated.
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  1. Something that has already been separated.
  2. Remote or difficult to get to; isolated:
  3. Set apart from or prevented from having from contact with others:
isolated
Characterized by little social contact:
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  1. Characterized by little social contact:
  2. Occasional or rare:
  3. Set apart; separate; solitary
separated
(Of spouses) estranged; living apart but not divorced.
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  1. (Of spouses) estranged; living apart but not divorced.
  2. Detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
apart
Separated; not together
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  1. Separated; not together
  2. Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate:
gone
Missing or lost:
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  1. Missing or lost:
  2. Ruined; lost:
  3. (Slang) Infatuated:
evacuated
Having had population removed, by evacuation.
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  1. Having had population removed, by evacuation.
  2. Containing a vacuum.
departed
Bygone; past:
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  1. Bygone; past:
  2. No longer living; dead.
  3. Gone away; past; bygone
Find another word for retired. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for retired, like: in retirement, resigned, having reached retirement age, emeritus, emerita, superannuated, on a pension, on Social Security, leading a quiet life, secluding oneself and rusticating.

Sentence Examples

  • In 1907 he retired from public life.

  • After breakfast, they all retired to the entry room and gathered around the tree to open presents.

  • Afterward he took a book from the shelf and retired to his room.

  • Besides, now that you're a retired detective, Fred and I have to carry the ball.

  • They retired to the house, where Carmen began to pace.

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