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synonym (synonym of retire)

  • (verb.social)
    withdraw
    withdraw from active participation (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw
    pull back or move away or backward (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.social)
    adjourn, withdraw
    break from a meeting or gathering (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    put out
    cause to be out on a fielding play (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    strike out
    cause to get out (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.body)
    bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in
    prepare for sleep (verb.body)
     

antonym (antonym of retire)

  • (verb.body)
    arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
    get up and out of bed (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
    move forward, also in the metaphorical sense (verb.motion)
     

hypernym (retire IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • break from a meeting or gathering (verb.social)
    close, close down, close up, fold, shut down
    cease to operate or cause to cease operating (verb.social)
     
  • cause to be out on a fielding play (verb.contact)
    diddle, fiddle, play, toy
    manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination (verb.contact)
     
  • dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) (verb.possession)
    cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
    throw or cast away (verb.possession)
     
  • go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position (verb.social)
    leave office, quit, resign, step down
    give up or retire from a position (verb.social)
     
  • lose interest (verb.emotion)
    fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary
    lose interest or become bored with something or somebody (verb.body)
     
  • make (someone) retire (verb.social)
    can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
    terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position (verb.social)
     
  • pull back or move away or backward (verb.motion)
    go, locomote, move, travel
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (verb.motion)
     
  • withdraw from active participation (verb.social)
    cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
    put an end to a state or an activity (verb.stative)
     
  • withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds (verb.social)
    recall
    make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution (verb.social)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF retire relation)

  • break from a meeting or gathering (verb.social)
    prorogue
    adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body (verb.social)
     
  • go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position (verb.social)
    superannuate
    retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.social)
    bow out, withdraw
    retire gracefully (verb.social)
     
  • lose interest (verb.emotion)
    back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out
    remove oneself from an obligation (verb.social)
     
  • prepare for sleep (verb.body)
    bed down, bunk down
    go to bed (verb.body)
     
  • pull back or move away or backward (verb.motion)
    fall back
    move back and away from (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    retreat, retrograde
    move back (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    back down, back off, back up
    move backwards from a certain position (verb.motion)
     
  • withdraw from active participation (verb.social)
    drop out
    withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values (verb.social)
     

entail (entailment relations of retire)

  • break from a meeting or gathering (verb.social)
    assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
    collect in one place (verb.social)
     

cause (cause to relations of retire)

  • cause to get out (verb.competition)
    ease up, give, give way, move over, yield
    move in order to make room for someone for something (verb.motion)
     
  • make (someone) retire (verb.social)
    retire
    go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position (verb.social)
     

verb group (retire is verb group of ....)

  • break from a meeting or gathering (verb.social)
    seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
    keep away from others (verb.change)
     
  • lose interest (verb.emotion)
    retire, withdraw
    withdraw from active participation (verb.social)
     
  • pull back or move away or backward (verb.motion)
    back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw
    make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity (verb.communication)
     
  • withdraw from active participation (verb.social)
    bow out, withdraw
    retire gracefully (verb.social)
     

derivation (.... is derived from retire)

  • break from a meeting or gathering (verb.social)
    adjournment
    the act of postponing to another time or place (noun.act)
     
  • cause to be out on a fielding play (verb.contact)
    putout
    an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout) (noun.act)
     
  • cause to get out (verb.competition)
    strikeout
    an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes (noun.act)
     
  • go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position (verb.social)
    retirement
    withdrawal from your position or occupation (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    retired person, retiree
    someone who has retired from active working (noun.person)
     
  • lose interest (verb.emotion)
    detachment, withdrawal
    avoiding emotional involvement (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.person)
    withdrawer
    an individualist who withdraws from social interaction (noun.person)
     
  • pull back or move away or backward (verb.motion)
    withdrawal
    the act of withdrawing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    pullback
    (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    receding, recession
    the act of becoming more distant (noun.act)
     
  • withdraw from active participation (verb.social)
    secession, withdrawal
    formal separation from an alliance or federation (noun.act)
     

domain category (retire is domain category of ....)

  • cause to get out (verb.competition)
    baseball, baseball game
    a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act)
     
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. withdraw . draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw . adjourn, withdraw . put out . strike out . bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in . arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise . advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress . close, close down, close up, fold, shut down . diddle, fiddle, play, toy . cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out . leave office, quit, resign, step down . fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary . can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate . go, locomote, move, travel . cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop . recall . prorogue . superannuate . bow out, withdraw . back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out . bed down, bunk down . fall back . retreat, retrograde . back down, back off, back up . drop out . assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet . ease up, give, give way, move over, yield . retire . seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw . retire, withdraw . back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw . bow out, withdraw . adjournment . putout . strikeout . retirement . retired person, retiree . detachment, withdrawal . withdrawer . withdrawal . pullback . receding, recession . secession, withdrawal . baseball, baseball game


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