retiring
Meaning of retiring
adjective
- shy and fond of being on one's own.
a gentle, retiring person who avoided conflict
- leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.
he retired from the Navy in 1986
- withdraw to or from a particular place.
she retired into the bathroom
- withdraw (a bill or note) from circulation or currency.
- pay off or cancel (a debt).
the debt is to be retired from state gaming-tax receipts
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion’): from French retirer, from re- ‘back’ + tirer ‘draw’.
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Hyphenation of retiring
re-tir-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- retiring is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
retiring synonyms
Meaning receding:
Meaning unassuming:
Meaning past:
Meaning reticent:
Meaning nervous or timid in the company of other people:
Meaning modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence:
Meaning reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy:
Meaning becoming smaller in size or amount:
Meaning (of a person) not having or showing a confident and forceful personality:
Meaning slow to reveal emotion or opinions:
Meaning (of a person) mild and reserved by nature:
Meaning showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened:
Meaning showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence:
Meaning easily agitated or alarmed:
Meaning unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements:
Meaning reserved, modest, and shy (typically used of a woman):
Meaning (especially with reference to a woman) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring:
Meaning quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive:
Meaning having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance:
Meaning (of a person) choosing not to reveal their thoughts and feelings to others:
Meaning not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others:
Meaning (of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information:
Meaning not wanting to communicate with other people:
Meaning avoiding the company of other people; solitary:
Meaning not enjoying or making an effort to behave sociably in the company of others:
Meaning depart to another place in search of quiet or privacy:
Meaning go out of or leave a place:
Meaning leave, especially in order to start a journey:
Meaning leave a place suddenly or secretly:
Meaning (of a group of people) go somewhere for rest or refreshment:
Meaning restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition:
retiring antonyms
Meaning (of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous:
Meaning friendly and socially confident:
Words that rhyme with retiring
Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing
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