retire - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

prepare for sleep

Synonyms

• bed
• crawl in
• go to bed
• go to sleep
• hit the hay
• hit the sack
• kip down
• retire
• sack out
• turn in

More specific

• bed down
• bunk down

Verb

cause to get out

Synonyms

• retire
• strike out

Related

• ease up
• give
• give way
• move over
• yield

Verb

cause to be out on a fielding play

Synonyms

• put out
• retire

More generic

• diddle
• fiddle
• play
• toy

Verb

lose interest

Synonyms

• retire
• withdraw

More generic

• fatigue
• jade
• pall
• tire
• weary

More specific

• back down
• back off
• bow out
• chicken out
• pull out

Related

• retire
• withdraw

Verb

pull back or move away or backward

Synonyms

• draw back
• move back
• pull away
• pull back
• recede
• retire
• retreat
• withdraw

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• back down
• back off
• back up
• fall back
• retreat
• retrograde

Related

• back away
• back out
• crawfish
• crawfish out
• pull back
• pull in one's horns
• retreat
• withdraw

Verb

dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

Synonyms

• retire

More generic

• cast aside
• cast away
• cast out
• chuck out
• discard
• dispose
• fling
• put away
• throw away
• throw out
• toss
• toss away
• toss out

Verb

go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

Synonyms

• retire

More generic

• leave office
• quit
• resign
• step down

More specific

• bow out
• superannuate
• withdraw

Verb

withdraw from active participation

Synonyms

• retire
• withdraw

More generic

• cease
• discontinue
• give up
• lay off
• quit
• stop

More specific

• drop out

Related

• bow out
• retire
• withdraw

Verb

make (someone) retire

Synonyms

• retire

More generic

• can
• dismiss
• displace
• fire
• force out
• give notice
• give the axe
• give the sack
• sack
• send away
• terminate

More specific

• superannuate

Related

• retire

Verb

break from a meeting or gathering

Synonyms

• adjourn
• retire
• withdraw

More generic

• close
• close down
• close up
• fold
• shut down

More specific

• prorogue

Related

• assemble
• foregather
• forgather
• gather
• meet

Related

• seclude
• sequester
• sequestrate
• withdraw

Verb

withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

Synonyms

• retire

More generic

• recall

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