Synonyms of the word retired


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retired

  • adj. Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
  • adj. Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
  • adj. (of people) Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of retire.

down

  • n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland.
  • n. (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
  • n. (Britain, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered…
  • n. (slang, rare, countable) A penis.
  • adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
  • adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
  • adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
  • adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
  • adv. Into a state of non-operation.
  • adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
  • adv. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
  • adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
  • adv. (Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
  • adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
  • adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
  • adv. From less to greater detail.
  • adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
  • adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather…
  • prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
  • prep. From one end to another of.
  • adj. Depressed, feeling low.
  • adj. At a lower level than before.
  • adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
  • adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
  • adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to.
  • adj. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
  • adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
  • adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled…
  • adj. (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
  • adj. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down,…
  • adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).
  • adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
  • v. (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid…
  • v. (transitive) To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
  • v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
  • v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while…
  • v. (transitive) To write off; to make fun of.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
  • n. A negative aspect; a downer.
  • n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
  • n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
  • n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle…
  • n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
  • n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
  • n. Down payment.
  • n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping…
  • n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as…
  • n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
  • n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
  • v. (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

emeritus

  • adj. Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title (especially "professor").
  • n. A person retired in this sense (feminine form emerita).

inactive

  • adj. Not active, temporarily or permanently.
  • adj. Not functioning or operating; broken down.
  • adj. Retired from duty or service.
  • adj. (chemistry) Relatively inert.
  • adj. (physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light.

old

  • adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
  • adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
  • adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
  • adj. (heading) Of an earlier time.
  • adj. Tiresome.
  • adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
  • adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old,…
  • adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
  • n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

out

  • adv. Away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.
  • adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) Visible in the sky; not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
  • adv. Away from; at a distance.
  • adv. Away from the inside or the centre.
  • adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
  • adv. To the end; completely.
  • adv. Used to intensify or emphasize.
  • adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing…
  • adv. (procedure word, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission…
  • prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside.
  • prep. (colloquial) outside.
  • n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
  • n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of…
  • n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to…
  • n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
  • n. (dated) A trip out; an outing.
  • n. (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
  • n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
  • n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
  • v. (transitive) To eject; to expel.
  • v. (transitive) To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender.
  • v. (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret…
  • v. (transitive) To reveal (a secret).
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
  • v. To become apparent.
  • adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
  • adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
  • adj. (cricket, baseball) Of a batter or batsman: having caused an out called on himself while batting under…
  • adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender.

superannuated

  • adj. Obsolete, antiquated.
  • adj. Retired or discarded due to age.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of superannuate.

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