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 withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: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 Words From

• re·tiredly adverb
• re·tiredness noun
• nonre·tired adjective
• quasi-re·tired adjective
• self-re·tired adjective
• semi·re·tired adjective
• unre·tired adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of retired¹

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

Example Sentences

Sharyn Brunk, a 72-year-old retired software company founder, said she had planned to vote a straight Republican ticket, and that hasn’t changed.

From Washington Post

Under the proposed amendment, the other eight members of the commission would consist of citizens appointed by a panel of five retired Circuit Court judges.

From Washington Blade

Joswiak joined Apple in the 1980s, and is just about three years younger than his semi-retired predecessor.

From Fortune

Following the investigation, Howley, his shaved head giving the appearance of a retired professional wrestler, was summoned from his Chagrin Falls estate to testify before the House Oversight Committee in May 2019.

From ProPublica

Where decades-old RV companies have long focused on comfort features for retired or affluent customers, RV startups like Cabana, Kibbo, and Mybushotel see the future of RVs centered around digital nomads in need of remote working capabilities.

From Outside Online

“Barbarism,” said retired NYPD Officer Jim Smith on Thursday.

From The Daily Beast

He noted in his address that both his mother and his father are retired NYPD detectives.

From The Daily Beast

A 59-year-old retired subway train driver, who gave his name only as Artist, admitted that he had family members in the NYPD.

From The Daily Beast

The young Jordanian pilot comes from a well-known military family in the kingdom and his uncle is a retired major general.

From The Daily Beast

The Tampa Bay Times got their hands on a full copy of the letter the retired judge sent to Winston.

From The Daily Beast

His lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. Haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.

From Project Gutenberg

When his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room.

From Project Gutenberg

So much were they surprised at our undauntedness, that they retired about a hundred roods from us.

From Project Gutenberg

They soon retired, however, as the Fort was in danger of being attacked from another side.

From Project Gutenberg

But the flight of the insurgents was too far advanced to rally them, and they retired south towards Pampanga.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• elderly
• resigned