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retire - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | retire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place or responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, part, pull back, pull out, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | begin, enter, join |
| Main Entry: | abdicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up a right, position, or power |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, bail out*, cede, drop, forgo, leave, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out*, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, bag it, demit, give up, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, quitclaim |
| Antonyms: | assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decommission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withdraw from active service |
| Synonyms: | deactivate, retire, shut down, demilitarize, make inactive, shut off |
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ebb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subside; decline |
| Synonyms: | abate, decay, decrease, degenerate, deteriorate, diminish, drop, dwindle, fall, fall back, flag, go out, languish, lessen, let up, melt, moderate, peter out, recede, relent, retire, retreat, shrink, sink, slacken, wane, weaken, withdraw, die down, die out, ease off, fade away, fall away, flow back, retrocede |
| Antonyms: | flow, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place |
| Synonyms: | bid farewell, blow*, depart, do vanishing act, flake off, get away, get off, get*, git, go, go away, go out, issue, move, move out, quit, retire, retreat, say goodbye, split*, take a hike, take one's leave, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come in, enter, go in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fall back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retreat |
| Synonyms: | back, draw back, recede, recoil, retire, retrograde, surrender, withdraw, yield, give back, retrocede |
| Antonyms: | forge, forward, progress |
| Main Entry: | flinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shy away, wince |
| Synonyms: | avoid, balk, blanch, blink, cower, cringe, crouch, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, quail, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, shirk, shrink, shun, start, swerve, withdraw, blench |
| Antonyms: | confront, face, meet |
| Main Entry: | get off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart |
| Synonyms: | alight, blow*, descend, disembark, dismount, escape, exit, go, leave, light, pull out, quit, retire, withdraw, go away |
| Antonyms: | arrive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flee, run away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt*, clear, decamp, depart, escape, fly*, go, leave, quit, retire, run, scamper, scoot, skedaddle*, skip*, withdraw, cut and run, make away, run for it, run off |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pull out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | quit |
| Synonyms: | abandon, depart, evacuate, exit, get off, go, leave, retire, retreat, shove off, stop, take off, withdraw, stop participating |
| Antonyms: | continue, persevere, start |
| Main Entry: | recede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withdraw; diminish |
| Synonyms: | abate, back, close, decline, decrease, depart, diminish, draw back, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, go back, lessen, reduce, regress, retire, retract, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, return, shrink, sink, subside, taper, wane, die off, drain away, flow back, go away, retrocede |
| Antonyms: | advance, forge, forward, increase |
| Main Entry: | resign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up responsibility |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, bail out, bow out, capitulate, cede, drop, drop out, fold, forgo, forsake, hand over, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce, retire, secede, step down, surrender, terminate, turn over, vacate, waive, yield, cease work, demit, divorce oneself from, end service, give notice, give up the ship, hand in resignation, hang it up, separate oneself from, sign off, stand aside, stand down, throw in the towel, walk out, wash hands of |
| Antonyms: | agree, take on |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull back, go away |
| Synonyms: | abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, beat it, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, go, go back, hand over, hide, leave, opt out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrograde, reverse, run, sequester, shrink, turn tail*, vacate, withdraw, backtrack, cave in, give ground, go along with, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, move back, retrocede, seclude oneself, start back |
| Antonyms: | advance, face, forge, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull away; split from |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, break with, leave, quit, resign, retire, retract, retreat, separate, withdraw, apostatize, disaffiliate |
| Antonyms: | combine, come in, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | seclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, hide |
| Synonyms: | blockade, boycott, cloister, closet, conceal, confine, cover, embargo, enclose, evict, immure, ostracize, quarantine, retire, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, withdraw, shut off |
| Antonyms: | join, mingle, socialize |
| Main Entry: | sleep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend consciousness |
| Synonyms: | bed down, bunk*, catch a wink, catch forty winks, catnap, conk out*, cop some z's, crash*, doze, dream, drop off*, drowse, fall asleep, fall out*, flop*, hibernate, hit the hay*, hit the sack, languish, nap, nod, nod off, oversleep, relax, repose, rest, retire, sack out, saw wood, slumber, snooze, snore, take a nap, turn in*, yawn, zonk out, zzz |
| Antonyms: | wake, waken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | step down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resign |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, bow out, drop out, leave, quit, retire, terminate, cease work, give notice, hand in resignation, hang it up, sign off, throw in the towel, walk out |
| Main Entry: | turn in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go to bed |
| Synonyms: | bed, catch some z's, flop*, go to sleep, hit the hay*, hit the sack, lie down, nap, pile in, rest, retire, roll in |
| Antonyms: | awaken, get up, wake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | back off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retreat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back down, balk, give up, recede, retire, surrender, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | back up, go forward, hold one's ground, stand firm |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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