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Definitions for Retired

[1] withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: a retired banker.
[2] due or given a retired person: retired pay.
[3] secluded or sequestered: a retired little village.
[4] to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
[5] to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
[6] to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
[7] to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
[8] to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
[9] to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
[10] to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
[11] to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
[12] to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
[13] Sports . to put out (a batter, side, etc.).
[14] a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
[15] retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.
[16] having given up one's work, office, etc, esp on completion of the normal period of service a retired headmistress (as collective noun ; preceded by the ) the retired
[17] withdrawn; secluded a retired life ; a retired cottage in the woods
[18] (also tr) to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age (in Britain and Australia usually 65 for men, 60 for women)
[19] to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc
[20] to go to bed
[21] to recede or disappear the sun retired behind the clouds
[22] to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury
[23] (also tr) to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back
[24] (tr) to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for them to remove (money) from circulation

Words related to Retired

resigned, elderly, retiring, discharged, superannuated, separated, secluded, isolated, detached, removed, withdrawn, retreated, shy, humble, cloistered, emerita, emeritus, apart, distant

Words nearby Retired

retinue, retinula, retiral, retirant, retire, retired, retiree, retirement, retirement community, retirement pension, retirement plan

Origin of Retired

1525–35; < Middle French retirer to withdraw, equivalent to re- re- + tirer to draw

Other words from Retired

re·tired·ly , adverb
re·tired·ness , noun
non·re·tired , adjective
qua·si-re·tired , adjective
self-re·tired , adjective
sem·i·re·tired , adjective
un·re·tired , adjective
re·tir·er , noun

Word origin for Retired

C16: from French retirer, from Old French re- + tirer to pull, draw

Synonyms for Retired

elderly, resigned, superannuated, emerita, emeritus, in retirement