Another word for retiring | Synonyms for retiring

Another word for retiring

retiring Synonyms

retiring

modif.

shy, quiet, self-effacing; see humble 1, modest 2, reserved 3.

Search Thesaurus

WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"retiring." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 July 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/retiring>.

APA Style

retiring. (n.d.). Retrieved July 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/retiring

Another word for retiring

adjective

Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner:

backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, self-effacing, shy¹, timid. See restraint

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"retiring." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 July 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/retiring>.

APA Style

retiring. (n.d.). Retrieved July 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/retiring

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

On retiring from office Seward returned to the practice of law.
The retiring sheriff was still officially connected to Ouray County law enforcement.
He was appointed in 1911 to succeed Earl Grey as governor-general of Canada, retiring from this office in 1916.
In 1873, she was elected a life governor of University College, London, and in 1882 became secretary of Girton College, Cambridge, retiring in 1904.
But so far from retiring within his fort-line Stessel advance took up a strong position outside.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR retiring IN THE THESAURUS