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Defenition of the word retired

    • Defenition of the word retired

      • Past participle of the verb to retire.
      • honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in "professor emeritus"; "retired from `assigned duties'" does not necessarily imply that one is inactive
      • (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
      • no longer active in your work or profession
      • (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was placed out of service after the war"
      • discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"
      • honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus'' as in `professor emeritus''; `retired from assigned duties'' need not imply that one is inactive
      • not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"

    Synonyms for the word retired

      • emeritus
      • out
      • out of service
      • superannuated

    Similar words in the retired

      • down
      • down(p)
      • inactive
      • old
      • out of commission

    Antonyms for the word retired

      • safe
      • safe(p)

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