retired

[ri-tahyuhrd]

adjective

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 withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession.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.

   Synonyms: solitary, removed, isolated

Other Word Forms

• retiredly adverb
• retiredness noun
• nonretired adjective
• quasi-retired adjective
• self-retired adjective
• semiretired adjective
• unretired adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of retired¹

First recorded in 1580–90; retire + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Hristo Paskalidis, a retired bazaar worker from Istanbul, said he would like more representation for Greek Orthodox Christians in government jobs.

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By the time he retired from the Air Force in 2024, he was a multimillionaire, he said.

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Fury, who remains officially retired, is expected to make an announcement soon on any potential comeback, according to promoter Warren.

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One evening I retired to my cabin with assurances that we would reach our destination, the small Inuit hamlet of Arctic Bay, early the next morning.

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“There’s priority and money,” said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a retired Marine colonel.

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Related Words

• elderly 
• resigned