| VERB | social | retire | go into retirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation | |
| motion | retire, withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back | pull back or move away or backward | |
| social | retire | withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds | |
| social | retire, adjourn, withdraw | break from a meeting or gathering | |
| social | retire | make (someone) retire | |
| possession | retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) | |
| emotion | retire, withdraw | lose interest | |
| contact | retire, put out | cause to be out on a fielding play | |
| competition | retire, strike out | cause to get out | |
| body | retire, go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep | prepare for sleep |
| Sounds | rihtay'r; riytay'r; riy.tay'er | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | admire ... wire: 34 rhymes with ayr... | |
| acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... | ||
| Meaning | go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "He retired at age 68" | |
| Caused by | pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension |
| retire | make (someone) retire | |
| Narrower | bow out, withdraw | Retire gracefully |
| superannuate | Retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity | |
| Broader | leave office, quit, step down, resign | Give up or retire from a position |
| Spanish | jubilarse, jubilar | |
| Catalan | jubilar | |
| Nouns | retiree | someone who has retired from active working |
| retirement | withdrawal from your position or occupation | |
| retirement | the state of being retired from one's business or occupation | |
| Meaning | Withdraw from active participation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He retired from chess" | |
| Synonym | withdraw | |
| Narrower | drop out | Withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values |
| Broader | discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off | put an end to a state or an activity |
| Similar to | bow out, withdraw | Retire gracefully |
| retire, withdraw | Lose interest | |
| Spanish | jubilar, retirarse, retirar, suprimir | |
| Catalan | jubilar, retirar, suprimir | |
| Nouns | retiree | someone who has retired from active working |
| retirement | withdrawal from your position or occupation | |
| Meaning | pull back or move away or backward. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back | |
| Narrower | back up, back off, back down | Move backwards from a certain position |
| fall back | move back and away from | |
| retrograde, retreat | Move back / back | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Opposite | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| Similar to | retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity |
| Spanish | alejarse, jubilar, retirarse, retirar, retroceder, suprimir | |
| Catalan | allunyar-se, apartar-se, jubilar, retirar-se, retirar, retrocedir, suprimir | |
| Meaning | Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | recall | make unavailable |
| Catalan | retirar | |
| Meaning | break from a meeting or gathering. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The men retired to the library" | |
| Synonyms | adjourn, withdraw | |
| Entails | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
| Narrower | prorogue | adjourn by royal prerogative |
| Broader | close up, close, fold, shut down, close down | Cease to operate or cause to cease operating |
| Similar to | seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw | Keep away from others |
| Spanish | aplazar, retirarse, retirar, suspender una sesión, suspender | |
| Meaning | make (someone) retire. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The director was retired after the scandal" | |
| Cause to | retire | go into retirement |
| Narrower | superannuate | Retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability |
| Broader | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | Terminate the employment of |
| Spanish | retirarse, retirar | |
| Catalan | retirar-se, retirar | |
| Meaning | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She finally retired that old coat" | |
| Broader | discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | throw or cast away |
| Spanish | jubilar, retirar | |
| Catalan | jubilar, retirar | |
| Meaning | Lose interest. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "he retired from life when his wife died" | |
| Synonym | withdraw | |
| Narrower | chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out | Remove oneself from an obligation |
| Broader | tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade | Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody |
| Similar to | retire, withdraw | Withdraw from active participation |
| Spanish | retirarse | |
| Meaning | Cause to be out on a fielding play. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | put out | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Broader | toy, fiddle, diddle, play | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination |
| Spanish | retirar | |
| Meaning | Cause to get out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The pitcher retired three batters" | |
| Synonym | strike out | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Cause to | move over, give way, give, ease up, yield | Move in order to make room for someone for something |
| Spanish | echar, retirar | |
| Catalan | fer fora, retirar | |
| Meaning | Prepare for sleep. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep | |
| Narrower | bed down, bunk down | go to bed |
| Opposite | get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise | get ... / get up and out of bed |
| Spanish | acostarse, echarse, encamarse, estirarse, ir a dormir, irse al catre, retirarse, tenderse, tumbarse | |
| Catalan | allitar-se, clapar, estirar-se, gitar-se | |
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