Retire

/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "retire" (275 found)

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Closest matches (55)

Verb(12 words)
abandonabdicateabscondamortizeavoid the limelightback downback outbe pensionedbe superannuatedbeat a retreatbedbed downblowblush unseenbootbouncebow outbowlbreakbump
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Adjective(2 words)

Strong matches (83)

Verb(12 words)
deprecatingdiscardeddischarge obligationdraw backextinguish liabilitygo into retirementgo to sleephit the hayhit the sackinvalidedjunkedkip down
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dropdrum outdwindleebbevacuateexcommunicateexitexpelfadefade awayfallfall backfireflinchflopforsake the worldfurloughgetget awayget offgive backgive groundgive placegive the axgive the gategive upgogo awaygo backgo beddy-byego into retirementgo night-nightgo offgo to bedgo to sleephibernatehit the hayhit the sackhollowhonorincurvejunkkeep secretkickkick upstairskiplay off
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (137)

leavelet golet outlie downliftliquidatelive alonelive apartlive in retirementmake accounts squaremake offmake redundantmove awaymove backmove offoustoverthrowpay in fullpay offpay the bill
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pay the shotpay uppensionpension offpile inpop offpull awaypull backpull outpurgequitread out ofrecederedeemrefuse commentreleaserelinquishremain incommunicadoremoveremove from officerenounce the thronereplaceresignretire from officeretreatretrocederoll inrun alongrun backrusticatesacksack outsatisfyscrapsecludeseparate forciblysettleshrinkshun companionshipsinksnoozesquaresquare accountsstand aloofstand asidestand backstand downstand mutestand offstay at homestepstep asidestrike a balancestripstrip of officestrip of ranksuperannuatesurplussurrendersuspendtake a naptake forty winkstake it easytake offtake the veiltake upterminateturnturn inturn offturn outunchurchuncrownunfrockunsaddleunseatunthronevacatevanishwanewaste no wordswiden the distancewithdrawwithdraw fromyield
Verb(25 words)
leave workmove backpay offpensionedpull awaypull backput outquit competitionquitsrecederesignsretire for the nightretiredretreatretreatedsack outsettle debtstep away from competitionstop workingstrike out
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superannuateswithdrawwithdraw from competitionwithdraw from workwithdrew
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

62 entries
breakbreak offcancast asidecast awaycast outceasecease activitychuck outcloseclose downclose updiddlediscarddiscontinuedismiss

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More specific

9 entries
bond retirementdebt retirementearly retirementgo to bedmandatory retirementretirement from sportturn involuntary retirementwithdrawal from sport

Collocations

6 entries
early retirementretiree benefitsretirement ageretirement partyretirement planvoluntary retirement

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

4 entries

similar

12 entries
back awayback outbow outcrawfishcrawfish outpull backpull in one's hornsretreatsecludesequestersequestratewithdraw

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We retire at eleven o'clock.

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When I retire, I'd like to spend the rest of my life in the country.

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Most people retire at the age of sixty.

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Such a judge may as well retire from his job.

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