Grade 10
(re-tir-ing) 3 syllables

Definition

verb. to stop working because on has reached a certain age; to go to bed

Example Sentence

The young boy had a retiring personality.

Synonyms

discontinue; stop working; give up; quit; lay off

Antonyms

work; employed

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retiring
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Rhymes

  • firing
  • hiring
  • meiring
  • quiring
  • syring
  • tiring
  • wiring

  • acquiring
  • admiring
  • aspiring
  • conspiring
  • expiring
  • inspiring
  • perspiring
  • rehiring
  • requiring
  • retiring
  • spiering

  • uninspiring
  • acquiring
  • desiring
  • inquiring
  • inspiring
  • requiring
  • retiring
  • rewiring
  • transpiring