What is another word for retired?
391 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪtˈa͡ɪ͡əd], [ ɹɪtˈaɪəd], [ ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈaɪə_d]
The word 'retired' is mainly used to describe someone who has ceased working permanently. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to describe this phase of life. These synonyms may include 'emerged', meaning someone who has withdrawn or disengaged from an activity or a job, 'resigned', meaning someone who has voluntarily left their job due to some specific reason like ill health or better opportunities, 'concluded', meaning someone who has reached the end of a particular phase or assignment, and 'finished', meaning someone who has completed their work or career. These synonyms may provide a better understanding of the phase of life when someone is no longer working and can be used interchangeably with the word 'retired'.
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Similar words for retired:
- close (adjective)
- dismissed (adjective)
- leisurely (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- past (adjective)
- quiet (adjective)
- remote (adjective)
- secluded (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- distant (adjective)
- elderly (adjective)
- gone (adjective)
- isolated (adjective)
- lonely (adjective)
- personal (adjective)
- recalled (adjective)
- removed (adjective)
- restful (adjective)
- retired (adjective)
- secret, reserved (adjective)
- solitary (adjective)
- withdrawn (adjective)
- out of commission (noun)
- out of service (noun)
- retired (noun)
- reposed (verb)
- resigned (verb)
- retire (verb)
Synonyms for Retired:
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adj.
• close- clamming up ,
- close-lipped ,
- closelipped ,
- tight chops ,
- zipping one's lips ,
- buttoning one's lip ,
- buttoning up ,
- closemouthed ,
- hidden ,
- hush-hush ,
- mum's the word ,
- reticent ,
- secretive ,
- silent ,
- taciturn ,
- tight-lipped ,
- uncommunicative ,
- unforthcoming .
- at leisure ,
- at loose ends ,
- convenient ,
- deliberate ,
- easy ,
- inactive ,
- leisurely ,
- relaxing ,
- restful ,
- unemployed ,
- unhurried ,
- unoccupied .
- Latterday ,
- ages ago ,
- back when ,
- behind one ,
- down memory lane ,
- ex ,
- ex- ,
- gone-by ,
- long ago ,
- long-ago ,
- way back ,
- gone by ,
- good old days ,
- olden days ,
- one time ,
- time was ,
- way back when .
- Shrouded ,
- backdoor ,
- cloak and dagger ,
- conspiratorial ,
- enigmatical ,
- under ground ,
- under cover ,
- under wraps .
- abroad ,
- abstracted ,
- arm's length ,
- asunder ,
- away ,
- backwoods ,
- far ,
- far-flung ,
- far-off ,
- farther ,
- further ,
- in the boonies ,
- inaccessible ,
- indirect ,
- out of range ,
- out-of-the-way ,
- outlying ,
- unapproachable ,
- ways ,
- yonder .
- Decamped ,
- Disappeared ,
- Disintegrated ,
- Displaced ,
- Flown ,
- Passed ,
- Shifted ,
- Transferred ,
- absent ,
- astray ,
- awol ,
- consumed ,
- dead ,
- deceased ,
- defunct ,
- departed ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolved ,
- done ,
- down the drain ,
- elapsed ,
- ended ,
- extinct ,
- finished ,
- lacking ,
- left ,
- lost ,
- missing ,
- moved ,
- over ,
- quit ,
- spent ,
- split ,
- traveling ,
- vanished .
- abandoned ,
- abnormal ,
- alone ,
- anomalous ,
- confined ,
- deserted ,
- exceptional ,
- far-out ,
- forsaken ,
- incommunicado ,
- lonesome ,
- random ,
- segregated ,
- single ,
- special ,
- stranded ,
- unaccompanied ,
- unrelated ,
- untypical ,
- unusual .
- dis charged ,
- dis missed ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-missed ,
- more ousted ,
- most ousted ,
- re called ,
- re placed ,
- re-called ,
- re-placed .
- Emerita ,
- Immured ,
- apart ,
- cidevant ,
- cloistered ,
- detached ,
- discharged ,
- emeritus ,
- humble ,
- in retirement ,
- otiose ,
- resigned ,
- retiring ,
- retreated ,
- separated ,
- sequestered ,
- shy ,
- superannuated ,
- unfrequented .
- anti social ,
- in dividual ,
- in-dividual ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more eremetic ,
- more hermitical ,
- more uncompanionable ,
- more unsocial ,
- most eremetic ,
- most hermitical ,
- most uncompanionable ,
- most unsocial ,
- staggest ,
- un attended ,
- un companionable ,
- un social ,
- un-attended ,
- un-companionable ,
- un-social .
- dis interested ,
- dis-interested ,
- in curious ,
- in different ,
- in-curious ,
- in-different ,
- more nongregarious ,
- more retreated ,
- more uncurious ,
- most nongregarious ,
- most retreated ,
- most uncurious ,
- non gregarious ,
- re strained ,
- re tiring ,
- re treated ,
- re-strained ,
- re-tiring ,
- re-treated ,
- un concerned ,
- un curious ,
- un demonstrative ,
- un interested ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-curious ,
- un-demonstrative ,
- un-interested ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
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n.
• out of commission • out of service • retired- down .
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v.
• reposed • resigned- Abdicated ,
- Ceased ,
- Disclaimed ,
- Renounced ,
- Vacated ,
- Withdrew ,
- accepted ,
- discontinued ,
- rejected ,
- relinquished ,
- surrendered ,
- terminated .
- absent oneself ,
- decamp ,
- deny oneself ,
- depart ,
- draw back ,
- ebb ,
- exit ,
- fall back ,
- get away ,
- get off ,
- give ground ,
- give up work ,
- give way ,
- go ,
- go away ,
- go to bed ,
- go to one's room ,
- go to sleep ,
- hand over ,
- hit the sack ,
- leave service ,
- make vacant ,
- part ,
- pull back ,
- pull out ,
- recede ,
- regress ,
- relinquish ,
- remove ,
- repeal ,
- rescind ,
- resign ,
- retreat ,
- revoke ,
- run along ,
- rusticate ,
- secede ,
- seclude oneself ,
- separate ,
- sever connections ,
- stop working ,
- surrender ,
- take off ,
- turn in ,
- withdraw ,
- yield .
Other synonyms:
- sign on .
- out .
Other relevant words:
- Uncompanionable ,
- a piece ,
- anti-social ,
- been around ,
- beyond range ,
- brought back ,
- burned up ,
- distant ,
- dried up ,
- elderly ,
- eremetic ,
- far back ,
- far off ,
- hermitical ,
- in the background ,
- in the distance ,
- in the sticks ,
- isolated ,
- lonely ,
- long in tooth ,
- lot of mileage ,
- middle of nowhere ,
- no more ,
- no spring chicken ,
- non-gregarious ,
- nonextant ,
- nongregarious ,
- not a sign of ,
- not here ,
- not home ,
- off beaten track ,
- off the beaten track ,
- on last leg ,
- out of earshot ,
- out of reach ,
- out the window ,
- personal ,
- private ,
- quiet ,
- remote ,
- run off ,
- run-off ,
- secluded ,
- secret ,
- stag ,
- taken a powder ,
- taken leave ,
- telescopic ,
- turned to dust ,
- uncurious ,
- unsocial ,
- wide of ,
- withdrawn .
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How to use "Retired" in context?
Retired people are people who have retired from their jobs. There are many different types of retired people, such as retired professionals, retired military, retired government workers, and retired teachers. retirees may live anywhere in the world.
Most retirees choose to retire because they want to spend more time with their family, or they just want to relax and enjoy their time. Some retirees continue to work part-time, and some work very little.
Retirees have many different activities they enjoy after they retire. Some retirees travel, others enjoy golf, others like to learn new things, and still others like to spend time with their friends.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
retire.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
discontinued, reformed, resigned, reprocessed, demobilized, decommissioned, after-service, checked-out, pensionedat.
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Proper noun, singular
Alumni, corporations, members, ORS, pre-retirement.
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Verb, past tense
abandoned, adopted, apprehended, arrest, arrested, broke, busted, cut, decree, departed, deprived, derived, dropped, ended, escaped, gone, halted, landed, learned, left, lifted, moved, paid, placed, pulled, put, quit, reap, relocated, resigned, retained, retracted, retreated, service, servicing, settled, shut, split, stopped, suspended, terminated, Abdicated, Absconded, Caught, Ceased, Detained, Eliminated, Extracted, Fled, Froze, Gained, Installed, Jumped, Paused, Ran, Reimbursed, Repaid, Retrieved, Returned, Vacated, Walked, Withdrew, Yanked, Concurred, Staggered, exited, finalized, refunded, reclassified, laid.
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Verb, past participle
abandoned, abducted, accepted, accrued, adopted, altered, amended, apprehended, arrested, assigned, associated, banned, broken, built, busted, cancelled, classified, cleared, coated, collected, compensated, confiscated, covered, cut, deducted, delete, deprived, derived, deserted, destroyed, disabled, discarded, discharged, discontinued, disposed, disqualified, done, drained, drawn, dropped, earned, employed, expired, extinguished, finished, fired, folded, forfeited, freed, gone, graduated, halted, interrupted, kept, kidnapped, learned, left, liberated, lifted, loaded, lost, moved, organized, packed, paid, placed, posted, pulled, put, quit, realized, recovered, redeemed, reformed, registered, regulated, released, relieved, resigned, retained, retreated, revised, scaled, separated, service, settled, shut, sought, stopped, stored, stripped, struck, subtracted, suppressed, suspended, tagged, taken, terminated, visit, Abolished, Caught, Deleted, Denied, Deployed, Detained, Ditched, Ejected, Eliminated, Emitted, Eradicated, Erected, Excluded, Excreted, Extracted, Filed, Fled, Gained, Jumped, Obtained, Omitted, Ousted, Overhauled, Picked, Reaped, Receded, Refused, Regarded, Reimbursable, Reimbursed, Repaid, Repealed, Rescinded, Retrieved, Returned, Revoked, Served, Shifted, Slept, Towed, Transferred, Vacated, Viewed, Visited, Waived, Compared, Constructed, Culled, exited, finalized, upgraded, mutated, refunded, disassembled, honoraria, restated, unleashed, rebated, recalled, withheld, IEFT, reprocessed, opted, demobilized, refurbished, decommissioned, redesigned, deactivated, phased, reworked, revamped, reassigned, laid.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
ret, retirement, restated, pre-retirement.
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Proper noun, singular
ret, retirement, retirements, restated, retirees, pensioners.
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Noun, singular or mass
ret, retiree, retirement.
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Verb, past tense
retirement.
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Adjective
Homophones for Retired:
Word of the Day
detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
