Synonyms for re tiring
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : ri-tahyuhr-ing |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtaɪər ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for re tiring Other synonyms for the word re tiring
- abashed
- abdicate
- abjure
- abnegate
- abrogate
- abscond
- absent
- absent oneself
- afraid
- annul
- antagonistic
- antisocial
- anxious
- apostatize
- approach
- ascetic
- aseptic
- ashamed
- asocial
- austere
- average
- averse
- avoid
- ax
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- back up
- backpedal
- backtrack
- backward
- badgered
- bag it
- bail out
- balk
- ban
- bar
- base
- baseborn
- bashful
- 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
- biddable
- blanch
- blast off
- blench
- blenching
- blink
- blockade
- blow
- blushful
- blushing
- boggle
- bolt
- book
- boot
- boot out
- bottled up
- bounce
- bounce back
- bow out
- bow to
- boycott
- break
- break away
- break off
- break up
- break with
- brooding
- browbeaten
- bug out
- bullied
- bump
- bunk
- buttoned up
- caitiff
- call it a day
- call it quits
- call off
- calm
- calm and collected
- camouflaged
- can
- capitulate
- capricious
- cashier
- cast
- cast down
- casual
- catch a wink
- catch forty winks
- catch some z's
- catnap
- cautious
- cave
- cave in
- cease
- cease to exist
- cease work
- cede
- ceremonious
- chagrined
- chary
- chaste
- check out
- chicken-hearted
- chilled
- chuck
- cidevant
- circle back
- circumspect
- clammed up
- clean
- clear
- clear out
- cloister
- cloistered
- close
- close-mouthed
- closet
- cold
- collected
- come again
- come away
- come back
- come to naught
- common
- commonplace
- composed
- conceal
- concealed
- concede
- conclude
- confine
- confused
- conk out
- conscious
- conservative
- consign to scrap heap
- constrained
- content
- contract
- controlled
- conventional
- cool
- cop some z's
- coquettish
- corked up
- couch
- courteous
- cover
- cowardly
- cowed
- cower
- cowering
- cowhearted
- coy
- crash
- craven
- cringe
- crouch
- cruise
- crumble
- crumple
- curt
- cut and run
- cut it out
- cut out
- cynical
- dastardly
- daunted
- deactivate
- decamp
- decay
- declassed
- decline
- declining
- decorous
- decrease
- defect
- deferential
- defrock
- degenerate
- dematerialize
- demilitarize
- demit
- demolish
- demur
- demure
- deny oneself
- depart
- departing
- depone
- depose
- descend
- deselect
- desert
- desist
- detach
- detached
- deteriorate
- devote
- die
- die down
- die off
- die out
- diffident
- dim
- diminish
- disaffiliate
- disappear
- disarm
- disavow
- disband
- discard
- discharge
- discharged
- disclaim
- discontinue
- discreet
- disembark
- disemploy
- disengage
- disfrock
- disinclined
- disinterested
- dismayed
- dismiss
- dismount
- dispense with
- disperse
- displace
- disqualify
- dissipate
- dissolve
- distant
- distrustful
- ditch
- divorce oneself from
- do away with
- do vanishing act
- docile
- double back
- doubtful
- doze
- drain away
- draw away
- draw back
- dream
- dried up
- drive back
- drop
- drop off
- drop out
- drop out of sight
- drowse
- dubious
- duck
- dutiful
- dwindle
- earnest
- ease off
- ease out
- easy-going
- ebb
- eliminate
- elope
- elude
- embargo
- embark
- embarrassed
- emeritus
- emigrate
- enclose
- end
- end gradually
- end service
- eremetic
- eremitic
- escape
- eschew
- evacuate
- evade
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- evasive
- everyday
- evict
- ex-
- exfiltrate
- exit
- expire
- extract
- fade
- fade away
- fail
- faint
- fainthearted
- fall
- fall asleep
- fall away
- fall back
- fall out
- fare
- fearful
- feeble
- fire
- flag
- flake off
- flee
- flex
- flinch
- flinching
- flirtatious
- flit
- flop
- flow back
- fly
- fold
- fold up
- foolish
- forgo
- formal
- former
- forsake
- forswear
- friendly
- frightened
- frigid
- furlough
- gentle
- 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
- guarded
- guilty
- gutless
- halt
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang back
- hang it up
- hark back to
- haughty
- having
- having cold feet
- having the willies
- head out
- hermetic
- hermit-like
- hermitlike
- hesitant
- hesitating
- hibernate
- hidden
- hide
- hie
- hightail
- hit the bricks
- hit the hay
- hit the road
- hit the sack
- hit the trail
- hostile
- huddle
- humble
- hush-hush
- icy
- ignoble
- immure
- immured
- impeach
- in charge
- in check
- inaccessible
- inactive
- inconspicuous
- incurious
- indifferent
- indisposed
- indistinct
- inhibited
- inhospitable
- innocent
- innocuous
- innoxious
- inobtrusive
- insecure
- insignificant
- insociable
- intimidated
- introvert
- introverted
- invalidate
- irresolute
- isolated
- issue
- jettison
- jittery
- journey
- junk
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- kick out
- kick over
- kick the habit
- kite
- kittenish
- knock off
- lacking courage
- laid back
- laid-back
- lam
- languish
- last
- late
- 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
- lily-livered
- loath
- loll
- loner
- lounge
- low
- low-key
- low-profile
- lowborn
- lowly
- 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
- manageable
- march out
- mean
- meek
- melt
- melt away
- menial
- migrate
- migratory
- mild
- Milquetoast
- misanthropic
- moderate
- modest
- monastic
- mortified
- mosey
- mousy
- move
- move back
- move on
- move out
- mundane
- muted
- nap
- near
- nervous
- neutral
- nice
- no guts
- nod
- nod off
- noncommittal
- nongregarious
- nonprovocative
- not forward
- nullify
- obliging
- obscure
- obsequious
- obsolete
- offish
- on a leash
- on ice
- on the QT
- open
- opt out
- ordinary
- ostracize
- otiose
- oust
- outbound
- outdate
- outward-bound
- overmodest
- oversleep
- pack in
- panicky
- paper tiger
- part
- pass
- pass away
- past
- peaceable
- peaceful
- pension
- perish
- peter out
- phase out
- pigeonhearted
- pile in
- pink-slip
- placid
- plain
- pleasant
- plebeian
- polite
- poor
- prim
- prissy
- progress
- proletarian
- proper
- prosaic
- proud
- prudent
- prudish
- pull back
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- pusillanimous
- put away
- put on airs
- put out to pasture
- quail
- quarantine
- quash
- quiet
- quit
- quit cold
- quitclaim
- rabbity
- react
- reappear
- reasonable
- rebound
- recall
- recant
- recede
- recessive
- recline
- recluse
- reclusive
- recoil
- recoiling
- reconsider
- recreant
- recrudesce
- recur
- reduce
- reel
- reel back
- reenter
- reexamine
- refuse
- regress
- reject
- relax
- release
- relent
- relinquish
- reluctant
- remote
- remove
- remove oneself
- render
- renege
- renig
- renounce
- reoccur
- repair
- repeal
- repeat
- repel
- repose
- repress
- repudiate
- repulse
- rescind
- reserved
- resign
- resigned
- respectful
- rest
- restrained
- reticent
- retire
- retired
- retiring
- retrace one's steps
- retrace steps
- retract
- retreat
- retreated
- retrocede
- retrograde
- retrogress
- return
- reverential
- reverse
- revert
- revisit
- revoke
- revolve
- ride off
- roll in
- rotate
- run
- run along
- run away
- run for it
- run off
- run out on
- running scared
- rusticate
- sack
- sack out
- safe
- sag
- sally
- sally forth
- saw wood
- say goodbye
- scamper
- scared
- scoot
- scram
- screen
- scruple
- secede
- seclude oneself
- secluded
- secluse
- seclusive
- secretive
- sedate
- seemly
- segregate
- self-conscious
- self-contained
- self-controlled
- self-effacing
- self-restrained
- sell out
- send packing
- sensitive
- separate
- separate oneself from
- sequester
- sequestered
- serene
- serious
- servile
- set forth
- set off
- set out
- sever connections
- sew up
- shaky
- shamefaced
- shed
- sheepish
- shelve
- shirk
- short
- shove off
- show someone the door
- shrink
- shrinking
- shudder
- shun
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- shy
- siesta
- sign off
- silent
- silly
- simple
- sink
- skedaddle
- skip
- skip out
- skittish
- slacken
- sleep
- slink
- slip away
- slip out
- slough
- sluggish
- slumber
- snooze
- snore
- sober
- soft
- soft-pedaled
- soft-pedalled
- soft-spoken
- solemn
- solitary
- spineless
- spiritless
- split
- sprawl
- staid
- stamp out
- stand aside
- stand down
- standoff
- standoffish
- start
- start back
- start out
- steady
- step down
- stiff
- stop
- stop participating
- stop working
- strait-laced
- stretch out
- stuck-up
- subdued
- submissive
- subordinate
- subservient
- subside
- subtle
- superannuate
- superannuated
- supplicatory
- suppress
- surcease
- surrender
- suspend
- suspicious
- swerve
- switch
- taciturn
- 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
- tame
- taper
- tardy
- tasteful
- temperate
- tentative
- tenuous
- tergiversate
- terminate
- throw in the towel
- throw out
- throw over
- tight-lipped
- timid
- timorous
- toss out
- tractable
- travel
- trembling
- troop
- turn
- turn away
- turn in
- turn over
- turn tail
- unaffable
- unambitious
- unapproachable
- unassertive
- unassuming
- unassured
- unbending
- unboastful
- uncomfortable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- unconcerned
- uncongenial
- unconspicuous
- uncurious
- undemonstrative
- under control
- under wraps
- uneager
- uneffusive
- unemphatic
- unexcessive
- unexpansive
- unextreme
- unforthcoming
- unfrequented
- unfriendly
- unfrock
- uninterested
- unneighborly
- unnerved
- unnoticeable
- unobjectionable
- unobtrusive
- unoffending
- unostentatious
- unpoised
- unpresuming
- unpretending
- unpretentious
- unresponsive
- unsay
- unseat
- unsociable
- unsocial
- unsure
- unwilling
- uppity
- uptight
- vacate
- vacillating
- vamoose
- vanish
- verecund
- vulgar
- waive
- walk away from
- walk out
- walk out on
- wane
- wary
- wash hands of
- wash out
- wavering
- weak
- weak-kneed
- weaken
- wend
- wince
- wind up
- withdraw
- withdrawing
- withdrawn
- worthless
- wrap up
- write off
- yawn
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
- yield
- zonk out
- zzz
Définition of re tiring
Origin :- 1580s, "departing, retreating," present participle adjective from retire (v.). Also "fond of retiring, disposed to seclusion," hence "unobtrusive, modest, subdued" (1766).
- As in inconspicuous : adj hidden, unnoticeable
- As in inoffensive : adj not obnoxious; harmless
- As in lowly : adj inferior, plain
- As in modest : adj shy
- As in outgoing : adj leaving
- As in recluse/reclusive : adj hermitlike, unsociable
- As in backward : adj bashful
- As in reserved : adj silent, unsociable; constrained
- As in restrained : adj calm, quiet
- As in retiring : adj shy, undemonstrative
- As in sheepish : adj shy, embarrassed
- As in shy : adj quiet and self-conscious
- As in bashful : adj shy
- As in timid : adj shy
- As in unassuming : adj shy
- As in uncommunicative : adj shy, silent
- As in unobtrusive : adj keeping a low profile
- As in unsociable : adj unfriendly
- As in withdrawn : adj unsociable
- As in reclusive : adj unsociable
- As in retired : adj done working
- As in shrinking : adj shy
- As in self-controlled : adj reserved
- As in self-effacing : adj modest
- As in self-restrained : adj reserved
- As in unconspicuous : adj inconspicuous
- As in unnoticeable : adj inconspicuous
- As in unwashed : adj lowly
- As in cowardly : adj fearful
- As in coy : adj very modest
- As in demure : adj reserved, affected
- As in diffident : adj hesitant; unconfident
- As in distant : adj aloof
- As in antisocial : adj nonparticipating; avoiding company
- As in humble : adj meek, unassuming
- 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
Antonyms for re tiring
- able
- accept
- active
- adequate
- adjacent
- admit
- advance
- aggressive
- agitated
- agree
- ahead
- allow
- appear
- appoint
- approachable
- approve
- arrive
- arriving
- arrogant
- ascend
- ask
- assert
- assertive
- assume
- assured
- attract
- awaken
- be active
- be born
- be honest
- be upright
- begin
- bent
- boasting
- bold
- brave
- break
- build
- calm
- care
- careless
- carry on
- challenge
- claim
- clamorous
- close
- coagulate
- combine
- come
- come in
- commence
- communicative
- complete
- complex
- complicated
- conceal
- conceited
- confident
- confront
- consent
- conspicuous
- continue
- courageous
- create
- damaging
- daring
- dauntless
- defend
- defy
- demonstrative
- deny
- depart
- desegregate
- develop
- developing
- disagree
- discourage
- discourteous
- disposed
- dissuade
- disturbed
- do
- eager
- egotistical
- employ
- employed
- energize
- enforce
- engage
- enhance
- enlarge
- enough
- enter
- entering
- excited
- expand
- exposed
- extend
- extraordinary
- extroverted
- face
- fast
- fearless
- fight
- fill
- fill up
- finish
- flaunting
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- free
- friendly
- fun-loving
- get up
- given
- go
- go forward
- go in
- gregarious
- grow
- harmful
- harmonize
- heedless
- higher
- hire
- hoard
- hold
- hold up
- ignore
- immodest
- impolite
- improve
- impudent
- incautious
- inclined
- incoming
- increase
- indiscreet
- initiate
- insolent
- intelligent
- intricate
- introverted
- join
- keep
- keep to
- kind
- known
- lay bare
- leave
- let go
- linger
- lofty
- loud
- luxurious
- maintain
- make peace
- malicious
- meet
- mingle
- mismatch
- near
- nearby
- neighboring
- nice
- noble
- noisy
- noticeable
- obtrusive
- occupy
- offensive
- offered
- open
- opt in
- ostentatious
- outgoing
- participating
- pay
- permit
- persevere
- precocious
- preserve
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- progress
- prolong
- proud
- provocative
- pursue
- put
- put together
- raise
- rash
- reclusive
- refrain
- refuse
- release
- remain
- request
- responsive
- restore
- retain
- reveal
- rich
- rise
- rude
- rush in
- sanction
- save
- secure
- seen
- self-confident
- shameless
- showy
- shy
- smart
- sociable
- social
- socialize
- solidify
- stand
- start
- stay
- stop
- store
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- strong
- sufficient
- superior
- support
- surrender
- sympathetic
- take
- take on
- tighten
- to the front
- treasure
- troubled
- unabashed
- unafraid
- unashamed
- uncareful
- uncivil
- uncover
- undaunted
- unembarrassed
- unfearful
- unhidden
- unite
- unlimited
- unmannerly
- unrefined
- unreserved
- unshy
- unworried
- upset
- usurp
- validate
- visible
- wait
- wake
- waken
- warm
- welcome
- willing
- win
- withhold
- withstand
- working
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