Antonyms for re tire
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ri-tahyuhr |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtaɪər |
- accept
- admit
- advance
- agree
- allow
- appear
- appoint
- approve
- arrive
- ascend
- ask
- assert
- assume
- attract
- awaken
- be active
- be born
- be honest
- be upright
- begin
- break
- build
- care
- carry on
- challenge
- claim
- coagulate
- combine
- come
- come in
- commence
- complete
- conceal
- confront
- consent
- continue
- create
- defend
- defy
- deny
- depart
- desegregate
- develop
- disagree
- discourage
- dissuade
- do
- employ
- energize
- enforce
- engage
- enhance
- enlarge
- enter
- expand
- extend
- face
- fight
- fill
- fill up
- finish
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- free
- get up
- go
- go forward
- go in
- grow
- harmonize
- hire
- hoard
- hold
- hold up
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- initiate
- join
- keep
- keep to
- lay bare
- leave
- let go
- linger
- maintain
- make peace
- meet
- mingle
- mismatch
- occupy
- open
- opt in
- pay
- permit
- persevere
- preserve
- progress
- prolong
- pursue
- put
- put together
- raise
- refrain
- refuse
- release
- remain
- request
- restore
- retain
- reveal
- rise
- rush in
- sanction
- save
- secure
- socialize
- solidify
- stand
- start
- stay
- stop
- store
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- support
- surrender
- take
- take on
- tighten
- treasure
- uncover
- unite
- usurp
- validate
- wait
- wake
- waken
- welcome
- win
- withhold
- withstand
Definition of re tire
Origin :- 1530s, of armies, "to retreat," from Middle French retirer "to withdraw (something)," from re- "back" (see re-) + Old French tirer "to draw" (see tirade). Related: Retired; retiring.
- Meaning "to withdraw" to some place, especially for the sake of privacy, is recorded from 1530s; sense of "leave an occupation" first attested 1640s (implied in retirement). Meaning "to leave company and go to bed" is from 1660s. Transitive sense is from 1540s, originally "withdraw, lead back" (troops, etc.); meaning "to remove from active service" is from 1680s. Baseball sense of "to put out" is recorded from 1874.
- As in leave : verb depart, abandon physically
- As in lie : verb be prostrate, flat
- As in make off : verb flee, run away
- As in pull out : verb quit
- As in quit : verb abandon, leave
- As in quit : verb stop doing something
- As in back : verb put in reverse direction
- As in recede : verb withdraw; diminish
- As in resign : verb give up responsibility
- As in retire : verb leave a place or responsibility
- As in retreat : verb pull back, go away
- As in return : verb go back, turn back
- As in abdicate : verb give up a right, position, or power
- As in scrap : verb abandon; throw away
- As in secede : verb pull away; split from
- As in seclude : verb isolate, hide
- As in shrink : verb recoil, shy away
- As in sleep : verb suspend consciousness
- As in step down : verb resign
- As in turn in : verb go to bed
- As in withdraw : verb remove something or someone from situation
- As in withdraw : verb retract; declare void
- As in back off : verb retreat
- As in demobilize : verb deactivate
- As in bow out : verb back out
- As in obsolesce : verb fall into disuse
- As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
- As in quitclaim : verb abdicate
- As in clear out : verb leave, often quickly
- As in recrudesce : verb return
- As in retrocede : verb recede
- As in retrocede : verb back
- As in sequestrate : verb seclude
- As in decommission : verb withdraw from active service
- As in depart : verb leave, retreat
- As in disappear : verb vanish; cease
- As in dismiss : verb remove from job, responsibility
- As in ebb : verb subside; decline
- As in exit : verb leave a place
- As in fall back : verb retreat
- As in flinch : verb shy away, wince
- As in get off : verb depart
- As in give : verb yield, collapse
- As in go : verb advance, proceed physically
Synonyms for re tire
- abandon
- abate
- abdicate
- abjure
- abnegate
- abolish
- abrogate
- abscond
- absent
- absent oneself
- alight
- allow
- annul
- apostatize
- approach
- avoid
- ax
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- back up
- backpedal
- backtrack
- bag it
- bail out
- balk
- ban
- bar
- be done for
- be gone
- be lost
- be no more
- be prone
- be recumbent
- be supine
- be swallowed up
- beat it
- bed
- bed down
- begone
- bend
- bid farewell
- blanch
- blast off
- blench
- blink
- blockade
- blow
- boggle
- bolt
- book
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- bounce back
- bow out
- bow to
- boycott
- break
- break away
- break off
- break up
- break with
- bug out
- bump
- bunk
- call it a day
- call it quits
- call off
- can
- capitulate
- cashier
- cast
- catch a wink
- catch forty winks
- catch some z's
- catnap
- cave
- cave in
- cease
- cease to exist
- cease work
- cede
- check out
- chuck
- circle back
- clear
- clear out
- cloister
- close
- closet
- come again
- come away
- come back
- come to naught
- conceal
- concede
- conclude
- confine
- conk out
- consign to scrap heap
- contract
- cop some z's
- couch
- cover
- cower
- crash
- cringe
- crouch
- cruise
- crumble
- crumple
- cut and run
- cut it out
- cut out
- deactivate
- decamp
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- defect
- defrock
- degenerate
- dematerialize
- demilitarize
- demit
- demolish
- demur
- deny oneself
- depart
- depone
- depose
- descend
- deselect
- desert
- desist
- detach
- deteriorate
- devote
- die
- die down
- die off
- die out
- diminish
- disaffiliate
- disappear
- disarm
- disavow
- disband
- discard
- discharge
- disclaim
- discontinue
- disembark
- disemploy
- disengage
- disfrock
- dismiss
- dismount
- dispense with
- disperse
- displace
- disqualify
- dissipate
- dissolve
- ditch
- divorce oneself from
- do away with
- do vanishing act
- double back
- doze
- drain away
- draw away
- draw back
- dream
- drive back
- drop
- drop off
- drop out
- drop out of sight
- drowse
- duck
- dwindle
- ease off
- ease out
- ebb
- eliminate
- elope
- elude
- embargo
- embark
- emigrate
- enclose
- end
- end gradually
- end service
- escape
- eschew
- evacuate
- evade
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- evict
- exfiltrate
- exit
- expire
- extract
- fade
- fade away
- fail
- fall
- fall asleep
- fall away
- fall back
- fall out
- fare
- fire
- flag
- flake off
- flee
- flex
- flinch
- flit
- flop
- flow back
- fly
- fold
- fold up
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- furlough
- get
- get away
- get going
- get lost
- get off
- get on the wagon
- get rid of
- git
- give back
- give ground
- give notice
- give notice to
- give over
- give someone his or her walking papers
- give someone the ax
- give someone the gate
- give someone the pink slip
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give the slip
- give up
- give up the ship
- give up work
- give walking papers
- give warning
- give way
- go
- go again
- go along with
- go away
- go away from
- go back
- go extinct
- go forth
- go out
- go south
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to sleep
- grant
- halt
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang back
- hang it up
- hark back to
- head out
- hibernate
- hide
- hie
- hightail
- hit the bricks
- hit the hay
- hit the road
- hit the sack
- hit the trail
- huddle
- immure
- impeach
- invalidate
- issue
- jettison
- journey
- junk
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- kick out
- kick over
- kick the habit
- kite
- knock off
- lam
- languish
- lay down
- lay off
- laze
- leave
- leave flat
- leave hanging
- leave high and dry
- leave holding the bag
- leave in the lurch
- leave no trace
- leave off
- leave service
- lend
- lessen
- let go
- let out
- let up
- lie down
- light
- light out
- loll
- lounge
- make a break
- make a break for it
- make away
- make for
- make inactive
- make one's exit
- make one's way
- make oneself scarce
- make vacant
- march out
- melt
- melt away
- migrate
- moderate
- mosey
- move
- move back
- move on
- move out
- nap
- near
- nod
- nod off
- nullify
- obsolete
- open
- opt out
- ostracize
- oust
- outdate
- oversleep
- pack in
- part
- pass
- pass away
- pension
- perish
- peter out
- phase out
- pile in
- pink-slip
- progress
- pull back
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- put away
- put out to pasture
- quail
- quarantine
- quash
- quit
- quit cold
- quitclaim
- react
- reappear
- rebound
- recall
- recant
- recede
- recline
- recoil
- reconsider
- recrudesce
- recur
- reduce
- reel
- reel back
- reenter
- reexamine
- refuse
- regress
- reject
- relax
- release
- relent
- relinquish
- remove
- remove oneself
- render
- renege
- renig
- renounce
- reoccur
- repair
- repeal
- repeat
- repel
- repose
- repress
- repudiate
- repulse
- rescind
- resign
- rest
- retire
- retrace one's steps
- retrace steps
- retract
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- retrogress
- return
- reverse
- revert
- revisit
- revoke
- revolve
- ride off
- roll in
- rotate
- run
- run along
- run away
- run for it
- run off
- run out on
- rusticate
- sack
- sack out
- sag
- sally
- sally forth
- saw wood
- say goodbye
- scamper
- scoot
- scram
- screen
- scruple
- secede
- seclude oneself
- segregate
- sell out
- send packing
- separate
- separate oneself from
- sequester
- set forth
- set off
- set out
- sever connections
- sew up
- shed
- shelve
- shirk
- shove off
- show someone the door
- shrink
- shudder
- shun
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- siesta
- sign off
- sink
- skedaddle
- skip
- skip out
- slacken
- sleep
- slink
- slip away
- slip out
- slough
- slumber
- snooze
- snore
- split
- sprawl
- stamp out
- stand aside
- stand down
- start
- start back
- start out
- step down
- stop
- stop participating
- stop working
- stretch out
- subside
- superannuate
- suppress
- surcease
- surrender
- suspend
- swerve
- switch
- take a hike
- take a nap
- take a powder
- take a walk
- take away
- take back
- take flight
- take leave
- take off
- take one's leave
- take out
- take the cure
- taper
- tergiversate
- terminate
- throw in the towel
- throw out
- throw over
- toss out
- travel
- troop
- turn
- turn away
- turn in
- turn over
- turn tail
- unfrock
- unsay
- unseat
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- waive
- walk away from
- walk out
- walk out on
- wane
- wash hands of
- wash out
- weaken
- wend
- wince
- wind up
- withdraw
- wrap up
- write off
- yawn
- yield
- zonk out
- zzz
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