Synonyms and Antonyms of retire

synonym (synonym of retire)

antonym (antonym of retire)

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

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)

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 ....)

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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